MentorLIVE #8: Challenge / Response Practical Flight Deck Insights for General Aviation

Paul Preidecker

Presenter

Paul Preidecker

Paul Preidecker is the chief flight instructor and examiner for a regional airline overseeing their pilot training program. He has over 7,500 hours and an ATP Certificate with type ratings in the CL-65 and Do-328. He's a ground and flight instructor (Gold Seal), simulator and line check airman, FAA Aircrew Program Designee, and FAA Designated Observer with 6,800+ hours of instruction given in Part 61 and Part 121 operations.

Paul maintains his commitment to general aviation, instructing for 27 years, sharing his extensive experience in both GA and commercial aviation, as a member of the NAFI Professional Development Program committee and volunteering in many other capacities with industry and the FAA. An accomplished aviator and teacher, Paul aims to contribute to aviation safety using his training insights to blend accepted best practices between GA and Part 121.

Susan Parson

Presenter

Susan Parson Before joining the FAA in May 2004, Susan Parson was a diplomat in the State Department's foreign service with overseas assignments in Panama and Bangladesh. She decided to pursue a lifelong passion for aviation by starting flight training in 1991, eventually earning ATP and instructor certificates and working part-time at a Leesburg Virginia flight school.

At the FAA, Susan serves as editor-in-chief for the FAA Safety Briefing magazine, FAA team lead for the Airman Certification Standards project, and special assistant to the Flight Standards Service executive director. She has authored nearly 100 General Aviation Safety articles and several online training documents and courses. An active general aviation pilot, Susan instructs for her Leesburg-based flying club and the Civil Air Patrol, in which she is a member of the National Standards / Evaluation team.