Tom Hawkins, Vice-President - After graudating from high school in Richmond Virginia Tom spent one year at John Tyler Community College. In 1968, he was drafted into the US Army, trained in inventory control, and proceeded to spend one year in Korea with the US Army. After leaving the Army, Tom moved to Seattle and trained as a pilot before coming to Bethel Alaska in 1978 to work as an air taxi pilot. He worked for 8 years for Executive Charter service before buying a half interest in a small air taxi located in Mountain Village. Tom lived in Mountain Village for 4 years before moving back to Bethel where he and Mike Hageland built their air service into a regular scheduled airline with over 20 airplanes and 75 employees. Tom sold his interest in Hageland Aviation Services in 1995. Tom is now an avid real estate investor in Bethel and runs a small furnace repair business.