Aircraft management and pilot services in Pilatus PC12NG.

Performing pilot and aircraft management services: Cessna 414A and Pilatus PC12NG.

Advised prospective owner of all aspects of aircraft ownership. Researched available aircraft candidates. Conducted on site evaluations and submitted written reports and recommendations. Generated draft of Pre Purchase Agreement. Oversight of Pre-buy professional appraisal, avionics inspection, airframe/engines inspection, and delivery/test flight. Oversight of buyer’s escrow services including title search, outstanding liens, aircraft records, accident/incident reports, international registry, and registration number change.Advised new owner of potential avionics, and interior upgrades. Scheduled and attended simulator training. Arranged for insurance at a favorable annual premium. Stocked aircraft with owner’s preferred supplies. Updated navigation database subscriptions. Oversight of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. Selected and programmed online aircraft scheduling system. Advised owner of the suitability of other aircraft types as potential back up aircraft.

Aviation Advisor & Consultant for prospective aircraft owners on acquisition & management of business aircraft. Created bound books & booklets for prospective co-owners, including cover art & many technical & equipment illustrations. The following were some of the subjects: • Analysis of all available business aircraft• Aircraft recommendations• Variable & fixed operating costs• Budgets• Forms of ownership• Co-ownership agreement• Pre-purchase agreement & escrow• Insurance• Pilot training• Home base airport analysis & recommendations• Performance analysis from desired high altitude airport• Aircraft comparisons on desired routes• Available equipment comparisons• Nav data subscriptions• Flight planning systems• Cockpit displays• Costs for on board equipment, supplies & chemicalsCreated comparative annual budgets, with separate variable & fixed costs for various corporate aircraft, considering estimated monthly & annual usage.Recent 61.57 Instrument Proficiency check & 61.56 Flight Review, (2012).Passed 61.58 PIC Proficiency check in B-777, (2010).

On demand passenger charter/air taxi service. Current: 135.293 Initial Pilot Competency Check135 297 Instrument Proficiency Check135.299 Pilot in Command Line CheckAssisted management with Aircraft and Company Manuals.

Spearheaded business aircraft search. Evaluated various aircraft types for suitability. Researched, selected, & evaluated numerous business aircraft for potential purchase by clients of private investment group. Flew to locations of various aircraft, for the purpose of on site examination of aircraft condition, equipment, logbooks & maintenance records. Created detailed written evaluations of each aircraft, with lists of defects, liabilities & assets. Wrote detailed reports on findings, including suggestions & recommendations. Supervised pre-buy airframe & engines inspections, & post inspection test flights. Completed a similar mission, by appraising the condition & suitability of certain sport fishing boats/motor yachts for the group.

Captain on the FK-100 (Fokker 100), a modern 100 passenger airliner with dual FMS, glass cockpit moving map & terrain displays, autoland capability & a maximum take off weight of 101,000 lbs. Duties as Captain included: Pre-flight planning, verification of weather & facilities applicable to destination & alternate airports, walk around inspections, review of maintenance logbooks, cockpit preparation, briefing of flight attendants, diplomatic passenger interaction & resolution of problems, operational decision making, over all situational awareness & management of all resources of information, post-flight inspections & reports. Flights were conducted into extreme winter weather, & mountainous terrain.International experience included preflight planning and review of forecast weather for enroute alternate airports, equal time points, oxygen diversion terrain avoidance routes, and single engine drift down procedures. International flights required competency in obtaining oceanic clearances, controller pilot data link communications, and HF radio procedures. Airline experience includes flying in mountainous areas all over the globe, and the extreme terrain of Central and South America, including Guatemala and Chile. To safely navigate these areas, required strict adherence to charted and company procedures. 14 years experience with the Honeywell FMS systems and glass cockpit displays in the Boeing 757, 767, 777, and Fokker 100 airliners. Trained and certified for Category II and III autoland procedures, LNAV, VNAV, windshear and CFIT avoidance. Ingrained by a corporate culture that heavily emphasized CRM skills. 1999 - 2005 B-777 Relief Captain/FO: Europe, South America, Japan. 1995 - 1999 Fokker 100 Captain: Domestic U.S. & Mexico. 1991 - 1995 B-757 & 767 Relief Captain/FO: Europe, Carribean, Central & South America. 1988 - 1991 B-727 First Officer: Domestic U.S. Canada & Mexico. 1986 - 1988 B-727 Flight Engineer: Domestic U.S. Canada & Mexico.

6 years experience with corporate flight operations, flying executives in HS-125s and the King Airs for Enserch Corporation throughout the continental United States and Alaska. Experience managing a corporate flight department. As Coordinator of Flight Operations, responsible for personnel selection, managing flight crews, scheduling crew training, dispatching of flights, and approval of all expenditures before being sent for payment. Responsible for verification of aircraft airworthiness, and maintaining on board documents, charts, manuals, supplies, interior and exterior cleanliness. Supervised 8 employees. Project management: Designed aircraft paint schemes, & performed oversight of the painting & interior refurbishment of 2 Hawkers, & 2 King Airs. Researched the performance & costs of various helicopter aircraft for potential corporate purchase. NOTE: Enserch Corporation merged with TXU Energy in 1996.

Part 135 Airline with scheduled passenger flights in Texas, Louisiana & Miss. Line & Training Captain in Beech Queen Air Excalibur BE-A80. Line Captain in Piper Seneca PA-34. After their initial and line check was complete, management would assign new first officers to fly with me for their first month on the line, specifically expecting that I would train them to be safe & competent. Note: Commutair Inc. in Houston, no longer exists and has no relation to CommutAir in Ohio and Vermont. (Note the difference with the small case "a" vs. the capital "A")

Universal Weather had a Part 135 certificate as a commuter airline with scheduled passenger flights in Texas & Louisiana.Duties as FO included preflight inspections, greeting passengers, computation of weight & balance, etc. Initial position for Universal Airways, prior to C-402 First Officer, was as a flight follower. Received phone messages from station agents throughout the airline system, with each flight’s in & out times, along with the passenger count. These would be entered into a log. Each aircraft was expected to fly certain routes & flight numbers in a sequence. Each aircraft & route was depicted on a large plastic strip, that could be slid horizontally on a wall, to adjust the expected departure & arrival times. Some days, the flights would be delayed & I had to facilitate the best solution to allocate the available aircraft to maximize passenger revenue, while maintaining, as much as possible, the time schedule. This obviously required some mental gymnastics, so that proper attention was given to the details, while maintaining the overall view of the big picture.NOTE: The Airline no longer exists, but the weather service is still in operation.

Part 135 on demand passenger & cargo charter, mostly in the south & southeast US.Duties included: preflight inspections, greeting passengers, weight & balance computations, planning route, filing flight plans, etc. Experience transporting human bodies on stretchers.

Responsible for accomplishment of pilot ground school and aircraft training conducted for Customers (students) receiving Private Pilot training courses. Training tasks included Lesson Planning, classroom instruction, evaluation of Customers’ progress and performance, & resolution of issues and problems.