文档介绍：PROFILE
Profile of a Pilot
by Barney Green
Air medical operations continue to Released from active duty in 1970, STOL (shor t-takeoff-and-landing)
attract some of the best helicopter Parvin spent a year building flight time modifications for small airplanes. I
pilots in the industry. Some come for and adding ratings to his certificate. worked for them from 1972 to 1975 as
the challenge of flight under often These included flight instructor, in- a demonstration pilot, and became
demanding conditions. Others are strument flight instructor, single en- director of marketing." His varied
dedicated to saving patient lives. Still gine seaplane, multi-engine land and flight assignments qualified him in 52
others like long hours on duty offset sea, advanced and instrument ground different types of aircraft.
with equivalent free time for pursuit of instructor, and Airline Transport Pilot Aviation wages were so low he
other interests. David E. Parvin, decided to look for something
46, likes piloting an EMS helicop- more lucrative. Between 1975
ter for all these reasons. and 1979, he worked as market-
Dave is a pilot for AMI Air Life