Contract Consultants and Expert Witnesses
The experts at EAC are what make the difference. Below is a summary of the qualifications and experience of our contract aviation professionals. Experts listed only with initials cannot be listed here due to current employment or other contractual status.
Pilot Consultants
 Peter B. Field, Colonel, USMC (Retired) is a graduate in Mathematics from The Citadel in 1962. He entered the Marine Corps and completed flight training in 1964. He served two tours in the A-4 Skyhawk including shipboard cruises (300 carrier landings) and in Viet Nam, (225 missions). He was a flight instructor in advanced jets and then went to US Navy Test Pilot School graduating in 1971. He served two tours flying the F-4 Phantom aircraft.
Among his three tours at the Navy’s Test Center at Patuxent River Md. he was the Navy’s chief test Pilot for the F/A-18 Full Scale Development test program. In this assignment he performed mechanical flight control flying qualities tests, out of control recovery testing, gun firing testing, ordnance separation tests, and weapons systems development tests on F/A-18A/B aircraft. He commanded VMFA-314, the first operational F/A-18 squadron. And later was the first Marine Director of USNTPS, where he was responsible for the introduction of the F/A-18 into the school's flying curriculum.
Mr. Field has 6500 hours in the cockpit. After 27 years of Marine Corps service he became a Chief Research Program Engineer at Mc Donnell Douglas (now Boeing) where he managed research efforts on the Advanced Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) fighter, the Intelligent Damage Adaptive Flight Control for the F/A-18 (a variable stability version of the F/A-18 flight control), and the X-53 (F/A-18) Active Aeroelastic Wing Research Program.
For a period of 5 years he was Program Manager for the Space Shuttle Orbiter Avionics Upgrades initiative at Boeing. He has flown over 80 different types of airplanes. Mr. Field is an Associate Fellow in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. He presently flys Bonanza and Baron aircraft for commercial corporations. For the past six years he has operated his own business in Expert Witness Consulting for law firms. As an educational activity and to supplement his legal consulting he is completing an experimental airplane which he hopes to fly soon.
 Captain Gary McAdams has flown professionally for over 38 years and has extensive experience in flight operations management.
Gary has served as a Captain on the FH-227, DC9-10/30/40/50, MD80 and B757/767 aircraft during his airline career. He was a line check airman, simulator check airman and FAA APD on the DC9 and MD-80. While working at two large US airlines (TWA and American) Gary served in numerous management positions. He was the DC9/MD80 Training Manager, Manager Line Standards DC9/MD80, Fleet Manager MD80, and Manager Line Training B757/767, MD80, DC9, and B717.
During his five years at American Airlines he served as Manager of Line Training and Chief Pilot at the St Louis Crew Base.
During his management assignments, Gary was responsible for simulator and line training programs, including program development, management and evaluation of check airmen and ground instruction staff. As the MD80 fleet manager, he worked with McDonnell Douglas and other equipment suppliers to coordinate delivery of new aircraft to the fleet. That coordination included configuration decisions, training program development and aircraft acceptance.
Since his retirement in 2006, Captain McAdams continues to work in the industry as a MD88 simulator instructor. Additionally, Gary is a qualified IATA Operational Safety Auditor and participates in Operational Safety audits of airlines around the world.
Gary and his wife of 30 years now live in Peachtree City, Georgia. They have two grown children and enjoy travel and golf.
 Captain Herbert Blake has accumulated over thirty years flight experience both with the United States Air Force and a major U.S. airline. Herbert is a graduate of Texas Tech University and holds a masters degree from the University of Southern California. He is a graduate of the USC/USAF Flight Safety Officer program as well as the USC/USAF Chief of Safety program.
Herbert has flown as an aircrew member on the T-37, T-38, C-130, DC10, B737-200, B757, and B767 throughout North America, Asia, and the Pacific and is currently flying as a Captain on the A319/320 aircraft. He has also performed duties as an instructor pilot on the T-38 and C-130 aircraft as well as a functional check flight pilot on the C-130.
While carrying out military duties as a Chief of Safety, he directed both ground and flight safety programs. As a Flight Safety Officer, he was responsible for investigating multiple flight, as well as ground, incidents and mishaps.
 Captain Vincent Czaplyski has flown professionally for over 26 years, and has extensive experience as an aviation consultant and pilot expert witness.
Vince has served as a designated checkairman for over 13 years, working closely with airline Flight Operations management and FAA air carrier inspectors, responsible for instructing and checking airline flight crews operating MD-80, B727, B737, and B757/767 jet aircraft. Vince is currently a B-757/767 captain and checkairman, flying primarily international routes.
He has accumulated more than 21,600 flight hours, on jet, turboprop, and a variety of single and twin-engine types. Vince also published numerous aviation safety articles, and has co-written and contributed to two books.
Vince is experienced as both an aviation consultant and pilot expert witness, having worked on behalf of both plaintiff and defense attorneys in various legal proceedings. He is also knowledgeable in the preparation of Rule 26 expert reports as required in federal proceedings.
 Captain Gary Ranno has over 20 years of aviation experience and is currently flying as a First Officer on the Boeing 767/757 for the 2nd largest US Airline. Gary is a graduate of Kent State University’s Aerospace Technology program, with a background in general aviation, flight training, corporate aviation, regional/commuter aviation and major international aviation.
Gary has experience in many single and multi engine general aviation aircraft, Turbo-props such as Jetstream 3100 and Saab 340. He is a former Check Airman for Chautauqua Airlines.
Jet aircraft flown are Embraer 145/140/135 RJ, Boeing 727, Boeing 737-200/300/500, Boeing 757, Boeing 767-200/300, Airbus 319/321 and McDonnell Douglas 80-81/82/83. Gary is experienced in airplane operations in the United States including Alaska and Hawaii, Canada, Central and South America, Caribbean and Europe.
 Captain Richard “RJ” Johnson has over 25 years flying experience and 20 years as a general aviation mechanic. RJ is currently an Airbus captain with a major airline where he provided training development, supervision, and has check airman status in the Airbus. RJ attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University receiving an MS Aeronautical Science and served 23 years in the US Army/NG as Commander, Instructor Pilot, and Maintenance Test Pilot/Examiner. Qualifying in C26A/B, AH1F, OH-58A/C, UH-1H aircraft. He also has experience working on and flying most general aviation single and multi-engine aircraft. He currently flies, flight instructs, and performs maintenance in antique/general aviation aircraft. RJ possesses an FAA ATP and is type rated in A320, B727, B777, SA227 and BH206 Helicopters. He currently holds FAA Instructor ratings in ASEL, AMEL, Instrument, and Helicopters as well as ground instructor ratings. RJ has been married for 22 years and has two children.
 Captain James V. Weatherill. In high school, Jim chopped firewood and washed airplanes to pay for flight instructions. He had a flying license before a driver’s license.
While in the military Jim flew the Boeing tandem rotor CH-47 helicopter in service in the Republic of Vietnam. He flew in the Central Highlands and the coastal region of Vietnam and along the Cambodia-Laos frontier moving firebases, troops, medivacs and supplies from November 1967 to November 1968. Stateside he taught helicopter instrument flight and helicopter transition in the Bell UH-1D and H model Huey helicopter and the Boeing CH-47A and B Chinook tandem rotor helicopter.
After the military, Jim was a project manager and heavy lift pilot for logging operations on timber sales from California to Alaska, flying the Boeing Vertol 107 tandem rotor helicopter. The Boeing Vertol 107 is the civilian version of the U.S. Marine Corps Boeing CH-46 helicopter.
Managing crews of up to 150 people, he supervised operations in remote locations, which mandated building and maintaining self-sufficient camps, including self supplied water, sewer and electricity. He helped prove the viability of night logging, which reduced down time and maintained production schedules when forests were closed during daylight hours due to high fire danger
He placed concrete in dam construction, flying 8,600-pound loads up to men safety roped to structural forms. He worked on power line structure erection, placing double telephone pole structures through residential areas and hilly, steeply sloped terrain. He placed concrete and lift poles for ski lift erection. He flew on numerous forest fire operations dropping water and retardant from 800-gallon buckets onto live fire lines. Flying the Boeing Vertol 107 tandem rotor helicopter, he has flown more than 50,000 precision heavy lift external operations with long line length from 50 to 300 feet.
After helicopter flying, Jim flew as first officer and captain in regional flight operations on the turboprop Beechcraft B-99, Beechcraft 1900 and the Sweringen Metroliner 3 airliner throughout the Pacific Northwest. Jim served as the Air Line Pilots Association union contract negotiator for the regional airline.
At a major airline, Jim flew as a first officer on the McDonald Douglas DC-9-30 and the McDonald Douglas MD-80 series turbojet airliners.
He flew as captain on the Boeing 737-300, 500, 700, 800, and 900 airliners. When not flying in the USA and Canada, his flight choices were south of the American border, i.e. Mexico, Central America, northern South America and the Caribbean, with qualifications for numerous special airports.
He has been involved in short haul shuttle operations, transcontinental and international flying.
Flight summary in hours: Airplane 19,500; Helicopter 6,300; Multi Engine 25,500; Electronic Flight Instrument Systems 6,000; Turboprop 5,000; Turboshaft 6,000; Turbojet 14,500; Combat 1,341.
Jim holds a Bachelor of Science, Geography, from the University of California, Riverside, California. He is married, has two daughters and enjoys playing his guitars.
 Captain Paul Dow’s professional aviation career encompasses over 30 years experience including military and civil aviation. He attained both his B.S. and M.S. in Aeronautical Science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida. He is rated in the T-38, B-52 G/H and the B-1B and was awarded the Air Medal. Captain Dow was selected as part of the initial cadre for the first operational B-1B squadron and was subsequently selected for instructor faculty duties within the B-1B schoolhouse. He continued to complete his Air Force career as Chief, Wing Standardization and Evaluation for all B-1B/C-130 personnel in five operational squadrons where he was responsible for over five hundred fifty pilots’ qualifications while maintaining mission ready instructor pilot/examiner status on the B-1B. Captain Dow is currently employed by a major airline and has flown as Captain in both A-320/B-737 aircraft, First Officer in A-320/B-757/767/737 aircraft, flight engineer in the B-727, as well as various single and multi-engine general aviation aircraft.
Technical Project Integration and Management
Labor Relations
 David Walker has over 30 years experience in the sales, contract negotiations and implementation of large scale, high-tech IT projects throughout the US and the world. The companies involved range from semiconductor manufacturers to major international airlines.
David was one of the first software sales executives to understand the importance of buy-in by both management and front line employees when it comes to a corporation’s decision to implement complex management systems.
Over the years, David has been involved in numerous projects that include all phases of crew management. These systems control manpower-planning, crew pairing creation, preferential crew bidding, and aircraft and crew recovery from irregular operations. His understanding of the effects these systems have on a business and its employees has the potential to help an organization protect and retain its hard-fought for position within the industry all while providing for quality of life for their employees.
Currently, David is a principal and co-founder of Gray Hawk Strategies, an Austin, Texas based firm. Gray Hawk specializes in governmental affairs, business development and corporate negotiations.
Previously, David served as Vice President of Sales Operations – The Americas, for Carmen Systems (recently acquired by Jeppessen) based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Prior to working for Carmen Systems, David was involved in the start-up and funding of CALEB Technologies, an Austin, Texas based software firm specializing in crew and aircraft recovery from irregular operations. While with CALEB, David served in the capacity of World Wide VP of Sales.
Dave is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and currently resides in Austin with his wife Susan of 31 years and their four children. They are both very active in high school sports and various charitable organizations.
Airplane Pilot Consultant / FAA Expert
 Captain Robert “Bob” Nester has accumulated over 45 years of aviation experience and over 25,000 hours flight experience. He is a graduate of Parks Aeronautical College of St. Louis University with a bachelor of science in Aeronautical Administration. He served for 37 years as a pilot and commander in the United States Air Force and the Air Force Reserve with 189 combat missions in Vietnam. He retired as a Major General. He flew commercially as an airline pilot for 24 years and subsequently spent 12 years as an Aviation Safety Inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration as both an Aircrew Program Manager and a Principle Operations Inspector.
Bob has an ATP and is type rated on the B-757, B-767, DC-8, DC-10, FK-100 and L-1011 aircraft. He has extensive crewmember time as a both a pilot and flight engineer on the B-727 and A-300 aircraft. His military flight experience includes the T-37, T-38, T-33, F-4, A-37, A-10, F-16, F-15, KC-10, KC-135, C-130, and C-5 aircraft. He has been a flight lead, instructor pilot, check airman, flight examiner, director of training, director of operations, squadron commander, and vice commander of a wing and numbered Air Force.
His duties with the FAA included approving and monitoring air carrier training programs, check airman and aircrew program designated pilots. His experience includes air carrier certification, certification of new aircraft on existing air carrier certificates and air carrier certification for polar operations as well as long range navigation. He has experience investigating aircraft accidents and incidents in both air carrier and general aviation.
Bob has served as National President of the Reserve Officers Association of the U.S. and as the U.S. Vice President for the Confederation of International Officers Reserve. He is married and has three grown children, and five grandchildren. His oldest son is a forecaster with the National Weather Service, his daughter is a teacher, and his youngest son is an airline pilot and a pilot in the Air Force Reserve.
Airplane Pilot / Maintenance Expert
 Captain Ted Steffens has over 30 years flying experience and 5 years as a general aviation mechanic and shop foreman. Ted also has 2 years experience as a mechanic for a major airline. He is currently an Airbus captain with a major airline. Ted attended Southern Illinois University - Carbondale majoring in Aviation Technologies. He has experience working on and flying most general aviation single and multi-engine aircraft. He also flies and flight instructs in T-28 aircraft. He posseses an FAA A&P mechanics license as well as all flight ratings with an ATP and type ratings for the Boeing 737 and Airbus 320 series aircraft. He has crew experience in the Boeing 727, DC-10 ,737, and Airbus 320.Ted also has experience in major airlines maintenance practices and procedures. He has worked on the Boeing 737,727, 747, the DC-8 and DC-10. Ted is also a former safety committee member for his local council of the Air Line Pilots Association.
He has also restored and flown an award winning Cessna 195 in his spare time. Ted has been married for 26 years and has two children.
General Aviation / FAA Expert
 Donald Marquez is a Professor Emeritus from Vincennes University. During his 31 year tenure at the University he served as a member of the Aviation Flight teaching faculty, as Department Chairman of Aviation Technology, and retired as an Interim Dean.
Don remains an active pilot and holds an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate and Flight Instructor Certificate and is also a Federal Aviation Administration Designated Pilot Examiner. As a DPE he has administered more than 3000 FAA Practical Tests for Private, Commercial, Instrument, Multiengine, Flight Instructor and Instrument Flight Instructor Certificates/Ratings. He also served the FAA for many years as an Accident Prevention Counselor prior to that program being discontinued.
Don is married and has two grown children, one an airline pilot and the other a college professor. His favorite retirement activity, other than his grandchildren, is travel, both domestic and foreign.
Human Factors & Physiology Expert
 Captain Nancy Novaes is a recently retired Airline Captain with over thirty years of flight experience, including twenty-two years at CAL. She is a graduate of the State University of New York (S.U.N.Y.) with a degree in Aviation Technology. Her flying experience includes the Boeing 777, B757, B767, and all models of the B737. She is experienced in airline and aircraft operations both international and domestic.
Nancy has considerable experience in Human Factors in Aviation. As the National ALPA (Air Line Pilots Association) Chairwoman of Pilot Assistance, she worked on organizational and pilot support issues at national and local levels. In this capacity, she has worked with Managements, the FAA and the flying public to ensure the highest standards of safety consonant with pilot comfort and career expectations. This work includes assisting pilots and their families with problems of chemical dependency, addictive behaviors and other related issues.
She was also co-author and training developer for Professional Standards in 1997 when her company reorganized. This class taught basic listening skills and conflict-resolution techniques. She has also written about her work in various publications.
Nancy has done extensive work for the International Society of Women Airline Pilots. As a Board member of ISWAP, she co-wrote ISWAP Bylaws and incorporated the group as an educational and charitable organization in the State of Nevada. She has represented ISWAP at IFALPA conferences (International Federation of ALPA).
Dispatch Expert
 A 1984 graduate of Indiana State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation Administration, Phil Brooks has more than 25 years of airline industry experience.
Currently employed by a major U.S. passenger airline, he started his
Dispatch career in 1989 in the air cargo industry.
Phil is active with the Professional Airline Flight Control Association and The Airline Dispatchers Federation. He has been a Private Pilot since 1982, and along with extensive travel experience, has contributed articles and photographs to various aviation publications.
Helicopter Pilot and Expert
Sarah Marie Deal was born to Richard and Marjorie Deal, in Bowling Green, Ohio on 14 September 1969. She is the 4th child of five; brother and sisters include: Rachelle, David, Darlene and Denese. She lived in Ohio until joining the Marine Corps in 1992. Sarah graduated from Eastwood High School in 1987 and then went on to Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Majoring in Aerospace Flight Technology she earned her Private and Commercial Pilot licenses along with her Instrument, Multi-engine and Certified Flight Instructor ratings before graduating in May 1992.
Sarah went through the process of joining the Marine Corps while still in college. On 16 March 1991 she was sworn in. She attended Officer Candidate School (OCS) between semesters in the summer of 1991.
Following graduation from Kent State, Sarah was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. She reported to The Basic School (TBS), in Quantico, VA in August 1992 and graduated in February 1993. Her first assignment was as a student at Air Traffic Control (ATC) School, NAS Memphis, Millington, TN. While attending ATC School, Secretary of Defense Les Aspin announced that women would be permitted to fly combat roles. Due to the fact that the Marine Corps had no women pilots they had to select women to enter the pipeline. Sarah was delighted with the chance to be in the Marine Corps and to fly also. She wasted no time in submitting an application package to the fleet accession board and was selected on 23 July 1993.
After completing ATC School July 1993 Sarah was transferred to NAS Pensacola for Flight School. Her Aviation Preflight Indoctrination (API) course began in October 1993 and she joined VT-3, at NAS Whiting Field, in January 1994 to start military flight training. During Primary Flight School, she selected helicopters and received orders to HT-18, NAS Whiting Field, Milton, FL. On 21 April 1995, then 1st Lt Sarah Deal was winged as a Naval Aviator and became the First Female Marine Corps Aviator.
In HT-18 1st LT Deal chose CH-53’s as her preferred aircraft and was awarded a billet in California. She reported to HMT-302 in June of 1995 to learn how to fly the CH-53E, Super Sea Stallion. Her first Fleet Squadron was HMH-466, the “Wolfpack”, based at MCAS Tustin, Santa Ana, CA where she reported for duty in October 1995. She deployed twice with the “Wolfpack” through the Unit Deployment Program (UDP) to Okinawa, Japan.
Upon returning from her second deployment CAPT Deal transferred to MAG-16 HQ (which had now been relocated to MCAS Miramar, San Diego, CA) to be the Group Adjutant. She was at the Group from January 1999 until the end of June 1999 when she went back to a squadron which was short on pilots. She spent four months with HMH-361, the Flying Tigers, prior to her scheduled rotation to Fleet Aviation Specialized Operations Training Group Pacific, (FASOTRAGRUPAC), NAS North Island, CA in November 1999.
At FASOTRAGRUPAC, she was the Senior Marine and an Instructor at the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) School. Sarah rotated back to HMH-465 in April 2002 and was deployed to the Middle East for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Upon returning from the war on July 25th 2003, then Major Deal was assigned as the Executive Officer (2nd in command) of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3 at Miramar, CA. After 12 years on active duty, Major Deal elected to transfer to the Marine Corps Reserves at the end June 2004. As a reservist she coordinated all the static display aircraft for Miramar Air Show for three years. The Miramar Air Show is the largest military air show in the world.
Recently she was asked to join HMH-769, a Reserve Marine CH-53E unit based at Edwards AFB in California. She is again flying the Super Sea Stallion, renewing her qualifications and adding new ones.
Sarah is married to Philip Burrow, former Navy F-14 pilot and still an Active Reservist. Phil is currently a Captain on the Airbus 320 for United Airlines and is assigned to a Naval Reserve Unit in support of Commander Third Fleet in San Diego. They are the proud parents of three boys; twins, Troy and Brandon Burrow, born 18 September 2001 and Eric Burrow born 2 November 2006.
Icing Expert
Captain Steven C. Ellis is an expert specializing in all aspects of icing Issues (Ground icing and Inflight icing). Steve has 39 years of professional flight experience with approximately 23,000 flight hours.
Currently an Airbus Captain for a major U.S. airline, Steve's experience covers extensive time in propeller driven aircraft, and large transport jets. He is also a U.S. Army trained helicopter pilot with about 1450 helicopter hours.
Steve has about 10 years of experience working with his Airline, and the world wide aviation icing community, on inflight icing and ground icing safety issues. He has written much of the icing material in his airline's Flight Operations Manual. As a member of the Air Line Pilots Association Ground de-icing project, Steve has worked extensively with regulatory and industry representatives on many international icing projects. These representatives include all of the major industrialized international countries, and all of the major aircraft manufacturers of these countries.
Maintenance Experts
Douglas Clark attended the College of Aeronautics at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, for The FAA’s Airframe & Powerplant licenses, Avionics training and the Bachelor of Technology in Aircraft Maintenance. After Graduation in ’89, he obtained employment with an FAR 121 Carrier at a Maintenance Base located in the SFO bay area. Doug performed airframe maintenance and structural repairs to the aircraft fleet, which included Sheetmetal, composites, fiberglass and corrosion control.
In ’93 he switched to the Fuel Tank Team, and performed maintenance, leak detection, repair, bladder cell replacements, Negative Air Checks and troubleshooting for the aircraft fleet that was comprised of Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777, DC10, A320 & A319’s.
Having previously passed all four parts of the air carrier’s “Line Maintenance Inspection Exam” on the first attempt (October ’92), he took a transfer (June ’96) to work at the carrier’s Indianapolis Maintenance Center, and became an Aircraft Inspector shortly thereafter. Doug performed Preliminary and Post Maintenance Inspections for ‘C’ Check and HMV level aircraft visits, and support shop inspections. The primary focus of maintenance was for the Boeing 727,737,757,767, A320 & A319 fleets.
In April ’03, he transfered back to the SFO Maintenance Facility, as Jet Engine Shop Mechanic performing maintenance on the: CFM-56, P&W 2000, Air Force F-117, and the derivatives of the P&W 4000 engines. Doug passed the air carrier’s “Engine Shop Inspectors Exam” on the first attempt. He became an Inspector in August ’03, and performed Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Inspections on Airframe and Powerplant parts, Engine Piece Part Inspections, Final Engine Assembly, and Post Test Cell Inspections, for the FAR 121 Air Carrier, and Customer engines under their FAR 145 Certification.
In June ’07, Doug took a transfer to work as a Line Maintenance Mechanic, and he is currently Tow Qualified to transport the aircraft between the Maintenance Base and the Airport Terminal.
Along with these duties, he has been an active member of the mechanic’s union, as a shop steward, shop representative, Flight Safety Committee Chairman, and as the MSAP – Maintenance Safety Awareness Program’s Alternate Representative. Doug investigates and works to resolve Safety and Maintenance related issues between the FAA, the Air Carrier, and the union representing mechanics. He has also participated in the construction of an RV-7 General Aviation Experimental Aircraft.
Kevin Hutchinson has over 21yrs, experience in aircraft maintenance. After graduating Lewis University with a Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Aviation Maintenance Management, Kevin went to work for a Major Airline. He possesses an airframe and power plant certificate and is a Lead Aircraft Maintenance Technician.
His extensive maintenance training has earned him Federal Aviation Administration
Bronze, Ruby and Diamond awards.
His experience includes maintenance training and practical experience on the following aircraft types:
Boeing 727,737,747,757,767,777
Airbus A319, A320
Mcdonnell Douglas DC8, DC10
Embraer 145,170
Canadair CL65 (CRJ)
BE1900D.
Kevin also has 3 years part 121 flight crew experience with a regional airline and holds an Air transport certificate with type ratings in the Boeing 737 and Beechcraft 1900 airliner.
Air Traffic Control Expert
Scott Hartwig Scott Hartwig is a retired Air Traffic Controller with more than 40 years of aviation experience. As the son of a Fixed Base Operator, he had the opportunity to experience aviation from the ground up, beginning with servicing airplanes and progressing through flying as a Flight Instructor, FAR Part 135 charter pilot, FAR Part 91 Corporate pilot and eventually retiring from Chicago Approach Control after a 27 year career with the Federal Aviation Administration.
During that career in the FAA, Scott performed ATC duties in 3 control towers and as an approach controller for the world’s busiest , O’hare airport, as well as Area/Operations Supervisor and Acting Manager positions, and is the recipient of numerous Outstanding Performance awards.
Scott currently ferries and instructs in WWII warbirds, and teaches part-time at a local aviation maintenance school. He, and his wife of 29 years, enjoy maintaining and flying their vintage 1952 Cessna 195, motorcycling and traveling.
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