Instructors
PCF Aviation uses only highly qualified, FAA Certified Flight Instructors. All of our instructors are independent contractors from all over the Central Coast. All Flight Instructors must pass an intensive check-out with our Chief Flight Instructor prior to working with our members. We continually monitor the effectiveness of each instructor to ensure our members receive only the highest quality flight instruction. Listed below are the Flight Instructors PCF Aviation currently utilizes and their training qualifications. Please feel free to contact any one of them to schedule flight instruction or for further questions.
PCF Aviation tries to hire from within for its CFI and Charter Pilot positions. Over the years we have sent 17 of our CFIs and Charter Pilots on to the Airlines and other charter operators. Where Are They Now?
Click on an Instructor's name to read their full bio:
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Warren Crain Chief Instructor
Ratings: SEL, MEL, CFMII Total time: 9,000+ Favorite airplane to fly: Piper Navajo Panther Dream airplane to fly: Beaver Seaplane
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Shawn Ashby
Ratings: Commercial, Multi-engine, Instrument, CFI, CFII, CMEL Total time: 2500 Favorite plane to fly: Bonanza Dream airplane to fly: B-25 or A-26
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Gerrit Vanderziel
Ratings: Commercial, Instrument, CFI, CFII, MEI Total time: 24,000 Favorite airplane to fly: Pitts Special
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Jim Pickens
Ratings: Commercial, Multi-engine, CFI, CFII, MEI Total time: 3500 Favorite airplane to fly: C-152 Dream airplane to fly: B-17, Stearman, Space Shuttle
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Jon Stamets
Ratings: CFI, CFII, MEI Total time: 750 hours Favorite airplane to fly: RV-6 Dream airplane to fly: F-22
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Rhonda West
Ratings: CFI, CFII
Total time: 2700
Favorite plane to fly: Anything affordable
Dream airplane to fly: Anything Glass
Bio: Flight Instructor since 2000. Private Pilot since 1992
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Jeremy Taylor
Ratings: CFI, MEI Total Time: 500 Hours Favorite Airplane to Fly: Piper Seminole Dream Airplane to Fly: One with Floats
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Phillip Tarver
Ratings: SEL, Insturment, CFI
Total Time: 500
Favorite Airplane to Fly: 6999J (Lady in Orange)
Dream Airplane to Fly: Cessna Caravan, B-17
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Joe St. Clair
Ratings: ATP, CFI, CFII, MEI Total Time: 24,000+ hours Favorite Airplane to Fly: Great Lakes Biplane Dream Airplane to Fly: Too many to name
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Brian Reel
Ratings: Commercial, Multi-Engine, Instrument, CFII
Total time: 1,400
Favorite airplane to fly: Caravan C-208
Dream airplane to fly: P-51
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Tim Bauerle
Ratings: Commercial, Instrument, CFI, CFII, MEI
Total Time: 2,100
Favorite airplane to fly: Grumman Mallard Seaplane (lots of noise!)
Coolest thing that happened while flying: Getting 'buzzed' by one of the SR71's last flights over Palmdale in my Comanche
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Recent Accomplishments
PCF Aviation has helped over 1,215 people take flight since 2001.
John Conway First Solo (11/18/2008)
Carl Chambers First Solo (11/18/2008)
Nathan Ecret First Solo (11/17/2008)
Sarabjit Nijjar First Solo (10/29/2008)
Andrew Anderson Private Pilot (10/26/2008)
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