Aviation is the focus of this expert’s work as an expert witness, supported by more than 10 years of experience as an Airline Transport Pilot, Commercial Pilot, Certified Flight Instructor, military pilot, and naval aviator. His background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education, B-737 type rating training, Naval Aviation Flight Training, officer training, combat skills training, and basic infantry training. He holds FAA ratings and certificates as an Airline Transport Pilot, Commercial Pilot, Certified Flight Instructor/Instrument, B-737 and BE-200 type-rated pilot, and instrument-rated pilot for airplane, helicopter, and powered-lift aircraft. He also holds an FCC Radiotelephone Operators Permit and an FAA Class I Medical Certificate.

His leadership and training experience includes air mission commander, flight leadership standardization evaluator, crew resource management facilitator, NATOPS instructor, instrument instructor, standardization instructor, operational risk management instructor, weapons and tactics instructor, and night systems instructor qualifications. His aviation work includes instructor and evaluator pilot responsibilities, pilot training officer duties, safety officer work, standardization functions, pilot and aircrew training management, operational program oversight, risk mitigation, maintenance operational checks, maintenance flight checks, and compliance with military, federal, state, local, and foreign regulations. His aviation background is further supported by two Air Medals for combat flying and a 1,000 mishap-free flight hours award. His aviation expertise includes air travel, aircraft operations, commercial air transportation, pilot training, transportation safety, military aviation, flight crew operations, tiltrotor aircraft, MV-22B Osprey operations, helicopter operations, large commercial airliners, multi-engine aircraft, single-engine military trainers, instrument flight, night operations, cross-country flight, and turbine pilot-in-command operations. His flight experience includes more than 2,400 total flight hours, including instrument, cross-country, pilot-in-command, turbine, instructor, night, multi-engine, single-engine, and helicopter flight time. His tactical flying experience includes deployments to Africa and Afghanistan, where zero-visibility brown-out landings without reference to the ground were a common occurrence.