Home Town: Grants Pass, OR

Ratings: ATP, CFI, CFII, High Performance, Complex, High Altitude Endorsement, LR JET PIC Type Rating

Aircraft Specialty: Cessna, Piper (Single and Multi), Cirrus, Beech 1900, Learjet 35/55, Aviat Husky, Small Turboprops, Piper Malibu

Flight Experience/Training:
Over 2800 hours total time
Airline Transport Pilot
Cirrus Standardized Instructor Pilot
Part 135 Charter Pilot
Air Ambulance Operations
Flight Safety International Initial and Recurrent Training
International Operations and Procedures
Metropolitan State University of Denver
B.S. Aeronautical Technology (Professional Flight)

Teaching Experience:
Cirrus Standardized Instructor Pilot
Cirrus Standard Operating Procedures
Over 2000 hours of dual given in all types.
Over 1400 hours of dual given in Cirrus Aircraft (Generation 1 thru 6)
Garmin Avionics Specialist
Mountain Flying Courses
Destination Cirrus Instruction and Courses
Human Factors and Hazardous Attitudes Courses
Cirrus Embark Training

What is rewarding to you about being a CFI?
Seeing a student solo an airplane for the first time or pass a check-ride is the most rewarding thing for me. Being able to see a student succeed as a result of your work is extremely humbling. Like all my coworkers, we all have a passion for flying. I love sharing my passion for flying and nothing is better than seeing it come out in my students as well. Everyone has a story with how they got to where they are in their flying career and no story is the same. It’s an honor to be able to hear all the stories and help a student achieve their goals in the aviation industry.

Favorite Quote:
“You are about to embark upon the great crusade. The eyes of the world are upon you.”
-Dwight D. Eisenhower

Hometown: Amarillo, TX

Ratings:Air Transport Pilot (ATP), CFII MEI, Advanced Ground Instructor Instrument, Type ratings in B737, A320, BE1900, BE300

Aircraft Specialty:
Cirrus TAA aircraft and applying the training and operating philosophies of Cirrus into learning, understanding, and operating the aircraft efficiently and confidently.

Flight Experience 48 years of flying, 33 years in the airline industry, retired American Airlines captain.

What is rewarding to you about being a CFI?
After a career of professional flying I enjoy working with people on the basics of flying and building a foundation of experience and confidence in their aviation endeavors.

Favorite Quote:
“A good pilot is always learning. “

Hometown: Reno, NV

Ratings: CFI, CFII, Commercial ASEL/AMEL

Aircraft Specialty: Cirrus SR20, 22T, Cessna 172

Flight Experience / Training:
B.S Aeronautical Management Technology (Professional Flight) from Arizona State University
ATP Flight School
Part 141 Graduate
Cirrus Training Center Instructor
Mountain Flying Training

What is rewarding to you about being a CFI?
Everyone will have their one “thing” that they will struggle with during their training. And it may be different for everyone but it is beyond rewarding to see my students finally have that “awe hah” moment when everything comes together. There is no better feeling when they are finally ready for the skies!

Hometown: Elgin, IL

Ratings: Commercial Multi, CFI, CFII

Flight Experience/Training:
Southwest Flight Center – Scottsdale, AZ
The Flying School – Loveland, CO

What is rewarding to you about being a CFI?
I love the opportunity for both student and instructor to grow and learn together. Being able to see the improvement in their skills, the excitement in their eyes, after all their hard work, knowing you played a small part in their success is the most rewarding part.

Favorite Quote:
“The most rewarding things you do in life are the ones that look like they cannot be done.”
– Arnold Palmer

Ratings: CFI SEL, Commercial SEL with instrument, Remote pilot, First class medical

What is rewarding to you about being a CFI?
Seeing a student go from 0 time to getting their license and looking back at the progress they have made is the most rewarding thing to me. The accumulation of all the ground knowledge and flying skills coming together to make a safe pilot is pretty awesome to watch and be a part of.

Favorite Quote:
“Favorite quote: In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

Hometown: Naperville, IL

Ratings: CFI, CFII, CPL SEL/MEL, Instrument Airplane, Complex, High performance

Flight Experience/Training:
B.S. Aeronautical Science Fixed-Wing
Minor in Applied Meteorology, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Embry-Riddle’s Flight Honors Achievement Award Recipient

What is rewarding to you about being a CFI?
I enjoy being a servant leader in the aviation community. To be able to watch my student smile behind the controls makes me remember my time as a student when I first started this journey. I enjoy teaching my students how to be effective leaders in and out of the cockpit in hopes that they will one day share my teachings to other students.

Favorite Quote:
“Stay the Course”
– Pepere

Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky

Ratings: Commercial Multi/Single, CFI, CFII

Flight Experience/Training:
Cardinal Wings Aviation- Louisville,
Kentucky ATP/ASU flight school Mesa, AZ
Luke Weathers Flight Academy Memphis, Tennessee

What is rewarding to you about being a CFI?
I love flying and to be able to share my passion with others through instructing is a huge reward for me. Seeing my students succeed and improve their skills is what it’s all about.

Favorite Quote:
“Man must rise above the Earth — to the top of the atmosphere and beyond — for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.”
– Socrates