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Old 15th Sep 2004, 06:23
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guts versus glory

Veeneee

i found this perusing the net, i too had & sometimes still consider EMS flying as a goal to aspire too, but i honestly don't know how i'd handle the human aspect, I'm x-mil & have seen my fair share of things, & am no nancy, but i have children now, i am maturing gracefully & seem to (occasionally) succum to emotions that never affected me previously in the days of the green beret.

i hope you might find some insight from this as i did:

Being an Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Pilot
by Daniel E Tyler, NRMA-CareFlight, Sydney
I am often asked, "What's it like as a medivac pilot? Gee, you must have the best job around." "But you must see some really terrible things," others have said to me.
I usually say something like, "Oh, it's pretty boring, really." "Just like any job." And it can be, too. But sometimes it's not. .....

to continue on, download the PDF from

http://www.careflight.org/client_images/8413.pdf

cheers
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