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time. Before long, he took a second job as a flight instructor so he could<br />

build up his flight hours while getting paid. Once he started applying<br />

his teaching skills, he became so busy as a flight instructor that he<br />

decided to give up his law enforcement career. His love of flying,<br />

combined with his commitment and purposeful direction of energy, had<br />

him started on the road to finding his true purpose.<br />

To augment his flight instruction work, John began accepting<br />

assignments to fly corporate clients and eventually went to work for<br />

several companies which offered that service. While engaged in this<br />

activity, he observed various regulatory abuses that he thought were<br />

potentially dangerous and therefore intolerable. His law enforcement<br />

background compelled him to report these abuses to the authorities.<br />

The fuss he made got him fired from his job, but resulted in severe<br />

penalties and corrective action to the company in question. Most<br />

importantly, it brought John to the attention of the Federal Aviation<br />

Authority, which hired him as an inspector.<br />

Today, John is a senior inspector for the F.A.A. His job is to be a<br />

watchdog for potentially dangerous violations of Federal regulations.<br />

In this capacity, John has been trained on many types of aircraft, being<br />

“forced” to spend many hours flying the equipment. “Hardship duty”,<br />

he joyfully calls it with a smile. He frequently has to teach mechanics<br />

and pilots some of the finer points he has learned and often receives<br />

comments about how he would have made a great teacher if he had<br />

considered education as a career.<br />

Through his diligence, uncompromising demand for safety and strict<br />

adherence to regulations, John has also spotted and corrected many<br />

situations that could have resulted in disastrous consequences. Many<br />

who come in contact with him say he would have made one heck of a

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