CREDENTIALS:
     FAA Airline Transport Pilot Certificate  AMEL
     Type Ratings: LR-JET,  LR-60/60XR, LR-45,  CL-30,  CL-604 & 605
     CFII &  Advanced Ground Instructor  ASMEL
     Canadian ATPL for CL-604 & CL-300
     Irish TRE/TRI & JAA Validation for Learjet 60 models
     BermudaValidation for CL-604 & LR-60
         JAA, MOT & FAA First Class Medicals
         French Visa (exp. April 2012)        

     Registered Nurse (Actively licensed in AL & FL)
     Advanced Cardiac Life Support & AED Certified

FLIGHT EXPERIENCE (hrs):

Total Flight Time..........14,000	Jet.................12,500
Pilot-in-Command........11,200	AMEL.............12,900

Last Training Dates:

Challenger 300..... Oct 2007  FSI-ILG

Challenger 605......July 2007  BTC-YUL

Challenger 604......Apr 2007  FSI- ILG

Learjet 60..............Aug 2007   FSI-TUS

Learjet 45..............Mar 2005   FSI-TUS

Learjet 55 & 31.....Oct 2005   FSI-TUS

     Extensive International Experience
    International/ RVSM recurrent Aug 2007

WORK EXPERIENCE:

     Professional Contract Pilot
       Factory Pilots Plus, Inc.,   Lake Worth, FL (3/2001 to present)
      Aviation services business providing contract pilot services and electronic checklists  www.FactoryPilotsPlus.com
       Webmaster and owner of Pilots4Rent.com
      *Specialist in delivery support, IOE / Transition training, & International Ops 
     

     Captain, Corporate and Charter operations, Learjet 60
        Wingedfoot Services, LLC, West Palm Beach, FL   (7/99 to 3/01)
        Assisted in starting the flight department for Part 91 & 135 operations for a first time aircraft owner
        Performed duties of Senior Training Captain, database manager, dispatch and Internet Marketing

     Factory Demonstration Pilot
        Learjet Inc./ Bombardier Aerospace, Wichita, KS  (4/90 to 7/99)
        Gates Learjet Corp., Tucson, AZ  (10/83 to 1/86)
        Captain’s duties include demonstrating all models of Learjets to customers; corporate
            flying; production flight test support; and Learjet operational training for new and used aircraft
        Extra Assignments included:  Technology Officer interface with FMS and avionics manufacturers,
         coordinating, maintaining and teaching computers for pilot interface with aviation systems
          Training Coordinator, and Operations specialist for the Learjet Accident Investigation Team
          Training Coordinator (9/91-8/94) liaison between manufacturer and FlightSafety International
          Author of the original and upgraded electronic checklists used by Demo Flight Operations

     Registered Nurse,  Coronary Intensive Care       (part time)
      St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, KS   (5/91-11/94)
       Member of the Critical Incident Stress Emergency Response Team

    Learjet Captain--Contract Pilot Services    7/89 to 4/90
       For a variety of Learjet operators worldwide

   Corporate Pilot   AIRCOA Hospitality Services, Inc.,  Denver, CO
      Captain, LR 55, for the Clarion line of hotels.  (8/86 to 7/89)
      Flight Department closed after majority stock sale

  National Spokesperson/Flight Training Representative
    General Aviation Manufacturer's Association, (GAMA),  Washington, DC
    Promotion of business aviation, the Contact! Learn-to-fly sweepstakes, & aviation careers
    through press interviews & 'on-camera' flight demonstrations.   (4/82 to 10/83)
   

  Chief Flight Nurse & Medical Coordinator
  Charter & Executive Pilot
    Bass Aviation/Medical Air Transport, Fairhope, Ala. (3/78 to 12/81)
    Coordinated and transported patients, both domestic and international
    Executive and charter pilot for light twins and Learjet 23, 24 & 25

   Registered Teaching Nurse I
     Staff and Charge Nurse, Coronary Intensive Care Unit.
     University of South Alabama Medical Center,  Mobile, Ala.   (6/75 to 3/78)

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

  Flight Safety International  (Tucson, Wichita, West Palm Beach, Wilmington & Atlanta)  1983 to present
      Initial and recurrent Learjet (all series), Challenger 604 & 300 training

  Bombardier Aerospace Training Center  (DFW)  June 2005
      Initial Challenger 300 training

 Aircraft Accident Investigation
      Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ  (6/98, 10/98)

 Critical Incident Stress, Trauma and Crisis Management Certification
      Via Christie Medical Center, Wichita, KS  (3/98)

 In-Flight Emergencies & AED Training
     by “In Flight Excellence”  on site Wichita, (1998 & '99)

 Transoceanic & International Procedures Training
    Rcurrents, Delta Airlines, Atlanta (8/99) & Wichita, (6/97);
    FlightSafety International Tucson (03/05), Melbourne, FL (5/03)

 Mastin School of Nursing/ University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
      Nursing   (1972-1975, 1977-82*)
      Aviation Psychology   (Personalized Studies Program,  1981-82)
          *Flight Training accomplished under Nursing major prior to change in major

 Advanced & Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification
      Nursing Unlimited, West Palm Beach, FL  (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
     

ORGANIZATIONS AWARDS & HONORS:

    NBAA Pilot Safety Awards
    President, Independent Business Aviation Contract Professionals Association, Inc. (IBACP Association)

    Member:
                National Business Aviation Association
                South Florida Business Aviation Association
                International Society of Air Safety Investigators
                 General Aviation Air Safety Investigators
                 Association of Aviation Psychologists
                 Women In Aviation International
                 Former Fellow, Aerospace Medical Association/ Aviation Safety Committee
                 First Woman Pilot typed in Learjet 60, (Feb 93), and Learjet 45, (Nov 97)

     Featured in:
          Women in Aviation & Space, Dept. of Transportation, 1989
          COSMOPOLITAN Magazines' Career Woman of the Month, September, 1982
          Nursing '80,  Nurse's Notes,  October, 1980

     First Woman Pilot into the People's Republic of China for commercial reasons (LR 35 delivery) July, 1985
 
  References available on Request
   Link to Susan's Credentials online (Passwords required. Contact Susan for them)     
  Personal Website:  www.FlySusan.com

Last Updated Feb 2007

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