How Safe a Pilot Are You?

In General Aviation, we are trained and evaluated against a set of minimum standards. Unfortunately, these standards are not enough to ensure that we are safe and competent pilots. Airmanship is the pursuit of excellence that goes well beyond the minimum standards.

In this program, discover how professional pilots...

Are You Serious About Improving?

This series is not designed to teach you the basics of flying. Rather, it focuses on improving the fundamentals...the finer points of flying that will keep you alive and out of trouble. The workshops are taught by highly accomplished "Airmen" that have risen to the top of their professions as airline, military and corporate pilots. They are also award-winning flight instructors who share their personal experiences and tips learned from decades of real world flying (see their bios below). 

The workshops have a “back to basics” flavor that pilots of all experience levels will find refreshing and useful. Our instructors offer straight-forward, no-nonsense tips and techniques that are easily integrated into your cockpit.  If you use these simple techniques in your everyday flying - I promise you will be a better, safer pilot - no matter what your experience level is.

Wally Moran is a retired airline captain and spent much of his career as a training instructor and check airman on aircraft including the Boeing 747 and 767. He has held a flight instructor certificate for over 47 years. Wally is a designated pilot examiner for single and multiengine aircraft and gliders. He is authorized to issue certificates all the way up to ATP and has given over 3400 hours of flight instruction in single engine, multi-engine, tailwheel, gliders, seaplanes and instruments.

Bob Martens is a nationally known speaker, consultant and aviation safety expert. He retired from the FAA after spending 17 years as a Safety Program Manager. In this role, he delivered hundreds of live seminars devoted to General Aviation safety. Bob retired from the USAF (rank of Colonel) in 2000 after 30 years of active and reserve duty. He was an Aircraft Commander in a C-5A and also served as Flying Safety Officer and Chief of Safety with the 439th AirWing. Bob has logged thousands of flight hours in both military and GA aircraft.

Doug Stewart was the "National Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year” in 2004. A Master Certified Flight Instructor, Gold Seal Instructor and Designated Pilot Examiner - he is based at the Columbia County Airport (1B1) in Hudson, NY. He owns and operates his own flight school specializing in instrument training and has logged over 8000 hours of dual instruction given, with over 2000 hours of that being instrument instruction. He regularly gives instruction in aircraft as simple as the J-3 Cub, and as complex as the Piper Malibu / Mirage.

Bob Adelizzi has been a controller at Boston TRACON for twenty five years and affiliated with the FAA safety program for over twenty. Over the years he has briefed countless pilots at corporate flight departments and aviation colleges, and spoke at the ACONE Crash Course 2007 and the AOPA Communication Seminar which had a combined attendance of over 600 pilots.

Susan Parson holds "Master Instructor" and "Master Ground Instructor" designations from the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI). An enthusiastic pilot, Susan holds a flight instructor certificate with instrument, single engine, and multi-engine land ratings. She serves as Check Pilot, Deputy Director of Safety and Deputy Director Standards & Evaluation for the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.