One New, Seven Renewing Master Instructors Make The Grade
Master Instructors LLC and its board of Review take pride in
announcing a significant aviation accomplishment on the part of
these very special aviation educators. Recently, they were
all accredited as Masters by Master Instructors LLC, the
international Master Instructor accrediting authority.
To help put this achievement in its proper perspective, there
are approximately 93,000 CFIs in the United States. Fewer than 700
of them have earned Master accreditation thus far. As a measure of
the prestige conferred by this title, the last 14 FAA National
Flight Instructors of the Year were Master CFIs. In addition,
the FAA has approved the accreditation as an alternate means for
CFIs to renew their flight instructor certificates.
The Master Instructor designation is a national accreditation
recognized by the FAA and industry that is earned by a candidate
through a rigorous process of continuing professional activity and
peer review. Much like a flight instructor's certificate, it
must be renewed biennially. This process parallels continuing
education regimens used by other professionals to enhance their
knowledge base while increasing their professionalism. Simply put,
the Master Instructor designation is a means by which to identify
those outstanding aviation educators, those "Teachers of Flight,"
who are demonstrating an ongoing commitment to excellence,
professional growth, and service to the aviation
community.
Through their dedication to
excellence, Master Instructors have earned their "black belts" in
aviation education. They truly represent the crème de la
crème of the aviation industry!
Aviation educators who earned the "Master" title during February
are:
Raylene Barbara Alexander, Master Aviation
Educator, Lindsborg, KS
Raylene recently earned her first Master Aviation Educator (MAE)
accreditation. Raylene is an assistant professor in Kansas
State University's department of aviation technology (www.Salina.K-State.edu/Aviation)
at Salina Municipal Airport (SAL). She also serves as the
technical education committee chair with the University Aviation
Association (UAA). E-mail: Raylene@K-State.edu
Parvez Dara, Master CFI, Toms River, NJ
Parvez is a 3-time Master and SAFE member, recently renewing his
Master CFI accreditation. Parvez is a Mooney Pilot Proficiency
instructor as well as president of the MAPA Safety Foundation (www.MAPASafety.com). He also
serves as a FAASTeam representative in the FAA's Philadelphia FSDO
area. E-mail: ParvezDara@gmail.com
John Kent Earlywine, Master CFI, Fort Wayne,
IN
John is now a 5-time Master and a SAFE member, having recently
renewed his Master CFI accreditation. John is an airplane and
glider flight instructor in the Fort Wayne area. The holder of an
SAA Silver Badge as well as two Indiana soaring records, he will
soon begin serving as a FAASTeam representative in the FAA's South
Bend FSDO area. E-mail: JKE4034@aol.com
David Hall Faile Jr, Master CFI, Fairfield,
CT
David has recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation for a 7th
time. A Master CFI and SAFE member,David, the 1999 National
CFI of the Year, instructs with Three Wing Flying (http://ThreeWing.com/) at Bridgeport's
Sikorsky Airport (BDR). He is also an AOPA Airport Support Network
representative and a FAASTeam representative in the FAA's Windsor
Locks FSDO area. E-mail: DFaile@aol.com
William Scott O'Brien, Master CFI, Tallahassee,
FL
Scott is now a 3-time Master and SAFE member, having recently
renewed his Master CFI accreditation. Scott is an independent
flight instructor who also teaches with FlightLine Flight Training
(http://FlightlineGroup.com/ServicesInstruction.cfm)
at Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH). He also serves as a
FAASTeam representative in the FAA's North Florida FSDO area.
E-mail: ScottOB37@gmail.com
Michael Louis
Phillips, Master CFI, Venture, CA
Michael is a 2-time Master and SAFE member, with a recently renewed
Master CFI accreditation. Michael is an aviation educator
with CP Aviation (www.CPAviation.com), a Cessna Pilot
Center at Santa Paula Airport (SZP). He also serves as the
SAFE membership committee co-chair and is a FAASTeam representative
in the FAA's Van Nuys FSDO area. E-mail: Michael_Phillips@roadrunner.com
John Urban "Rock" Rockcastle, Master CFI,
Oxford, FL
A 2-time Master and SAFE member, John has recently renewed his
Master CFI accreditation. Rock is a simulator instructor with
Simcom in Orlando and serves on the production crew at the FAA's
National Resource Center in Lakeland. The 1989 National CFI
of the Year, he is also a FAASTeam representative in the FAA's
North Florida FSDO area. E-mail: Rancher@digital.net
Stewart Douglas "Doug" Stewart, Master CFI,
South Egremont, MA
Douglas recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation for a 6th
time. The 2004 National CFI of the Year, Doug operates Doug
Stewart Flight Instruction (http://www.DSFlight.com/) and is the
chairman of SAFE, the Society of Aviation & Flight Educators
(http://SafePilots.us/).
He also serves as a pilot examiner (DPE) and a FAASTeam
representative in the FAA's Albany FSDO area. E-mail: Doug@DSFlight.com
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