About Me:
I hadn’t flown on any type of airplane until I was 22 years old and it was on an airliner to New York. Being absolutely amazed with the speed and height a plane like that could take me, I decided to take a discovery flight at Monterey Bay Aviation in Monterey, California as I was attending the university there; I was hooked.
I graduated college and began training at the only flight school at the Paso Robles airport, Kern Charter. Unfortunately, my instructor moved and I decided to also move, with my wife, down to Santa Clarita, California. There I continued my training until I couldn’t continue due to financial constraints. My wife and I moved back to SLO county and I signed up at PCF Aviation to finish my private. In January of 2007 I received my private pilot certificate. I decided to continue my training at a faster paced school in Riverside, California. There I received my commercial certificates and flight instructor certificates. I was excited to return to PCF and be apart of their instructor team.
My Ratings:
Ratings: CFI, CFII, MEI
Total Time: 1000
Ratings and Requirements:
Private:
Instruction:
30 Hours of Flight Instruction
15 Hours of Ground Instruction
10 Hours of Solo Flight
Prerequisites:
Age 16 for student pilot certificate and solo
Age 17 to obtain Private Pilot Certificate
Instrument:
Instruction:
40 Hours instruction
15 Hours Ground
10 Hours Dual FTD/Simulator towards 40 Hours
Prerequisites:
Private Pilot Certificate
40 Hours PIC X-Country
Commercial:
Instruction:
10 Hours Dual Instruction
7 Hours Ground Instruction
Prerequisites:
Private Pilot Certificate
Age 18 to obtain Commercial Certificate
Flight time as follows:
90 Hours in Powered Aircraft
90 Hours PIC (Pilot in Command)
50 Hours PIC X-Country
2 Hours Dual X-Country -day VFR
2 Hours Dual X-Country - night VFR
10 Hours Instrument training
10 Hours solo
5 Night and 300NM