Captain Jim Hobart is a veteran major airline, corporate and general
aviation pilot. Captain Hobart has flown over 14,000 hours with over 8,000
in command of jet airliners. Additionally, he has flown as an instructor,
check pilot, in addition to his extensive involvement in global air safety.
Education and Affiliations
Graduate of University
of Southern California Air Safety Program Human Factors and Safety Program
Management Courses
International Air
Transport Association Qualified Airline Auditor (IOSA)
Bachelor of Science:
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Safety Minor)
MAS (c) from ERAU (dual
specializations in Aviation/Aerospace Safety and Operations)
Member: Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University Center for Aerospace Safety/Security Education (CASE)
Past Member: JIMDAT
Safety Committee under the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST)
Capt. James Hobart
Experience
Certified IOSA Auditor
Work with
international and domestic airlines and government regulators as well as
IOSA Audit Organizations
Served as
Manager, Flight Safety Programs for a Major
US Airline. Duties included: Captain, Check Airman. Scheduled Air
Carrier operations in North America, Europe, Asia Caribbean and Central
and South America. Operations in one of the world's most technically
advanced aircraft in all weather conditions to domestic and foreign
destinations
Certificates and Ratings
Airline Transport Pilot:
ASMEL
Captain Type Ratings: Boeing 727, 757, 767; Douglas DC8, Citation 500;
YS-11
Flight Engineer:
Turbojet Powered
Flight Instructor: SMEL
Instrument; Gold Seal
Ground Instructor:
Advanced, Instrument
Jeff LaPoint has more than 24 years of
professional aviation and academic experience. A retired US Air Force
officer, Dr. LaPoint is currently a qualified Flight Crew Training
Instructor for a major airline instructing pilots in the state-of-the-art,
fly-by-wire Airbus A-320/A-330 and Embraer ERJ-170 aircraft. He conducts
simulator, flight training device (FTD), integrated procedures training
(IPT), and classroom instruction on aircraft systems, flight procedures, and
crew resource management. Additionally, he has instructed classes on the
FAA’s advanced communication, Future Air Navigation System (FANS) for A-330
international pilots. Dr. LaPoint has instructed at the university level as
an assistant professor of Aerospace Studies at East Carolina University,
Greenville, N.C., as well as teaching undergraduate private pilot ground
school, and computer technology classes.
Education and Affiliations
Ed.D—Educational Leadership. Dissertation
topic: The effects of aviation-based error management training on
perioperative safety attitudes
M.S. Degree—Aeronautical Science (Area of
concentration in Aeronautics)
B.S. Degree—Professional Aeronautics (Area
of concentration in Flight Operations)
B.S. Degree—Social Psychology
USAF Academic Instructor School, Maxwell AFB
SAC Central Flight Instructor School, Castle
AFB
Member University Aviation Association
Member The Air Force Association
Member Military Officers Association of
America
Member American Psychological Association
Jeff
LaPoint, Ed.D
Experience
Airbus A-320, A-330 and Embraer ERJ-170
flight crew training instructor. Provides classroom lecture, visual aid
presentation; flight simulator, flight training device, and crew resource
management instruction as they relate to airline operations. Developed,
implemented and revised a ground instructor continuing qualification
training (CQT) program for 120 instructors at two training centers.
Responsible for all levels of classroom curriculum design and syllabus
revision
Adjunct University professor at Embry-Riddle
and Everglades University facilitating courses on crew resource
management, aviation physiology, aviation communication, research methods,
aviation management, in addition to serving on numerous graduate thesis
committees
US Air Force: Assistant Professor
Aerospace Studies, East Carolina University; Emergency Actions
Officer, Osan AB, South Korea; Chief Range Operations—Dare County
Bomb Range, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC; Minuteman III ICBM Flight
Commander, Grand Forks AFB, ND;KC-10A/KC135A Instructor Boom
Operator, Loring AFB, Maine, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
Capt. Tony Dominguez has dedicated his work to aviation safety through
quality aircraft and simulator training. Specializing in “jet transition
preparation training”, and line oriented pilot safety training, he has
contributed to pilot safety for individuals and flight departments alike.
Capt. Dominguez has served as a jet aircraft instructor (Learjet) for 3 major
FAR 142 training centers. He has served both the FAA, and his training
center employer, as a Training Center Evaluator “TCE” (pilot examiner),
issuing ATP certificates and type ratings. He has also served many FAR 135 operators as
their listed Check Airman through the training centers.
Capt. Dominguez has served as a Line Captain and FAR 142 listed Check Airman
for a major Learjet freight operator. He was responsible for their longest
nightly flight from Miami-Atlanta-Chicago-Salt Lake City. He has also
served as a FAR 135 Chief Pilot for an operator with a fleet consisting of
a Lear 31, Lear 60’s, a Challenger 300, and a Gulfstream G-450. Capt. Dominguez
was the aircraft owner’s exclusive Captain for the Lear 60 and the G-450.
Capt. Tony Dominguez
Experience
Full motion FAR 142 Learjet 35A/36, and Lear
55 instructor
Classroom Jet aircraft systems, and
operation FAR 142 instructor
FAR 142 Training Center Evaluator issuing
ATP certificates, and Jet Type Ratings
FAR 135 Check Airman
Chief Pilot for FAR 135 Jet Operator
Line Pilot Scheduled FAR 135 Jet Freight
Operations
Line pilot Passenger FAR 135 Jet Operations
Experienced and Certified in modern
technology flight deck (Honeywell Planeview)
Experienced and Certified in Enhanced Visual
System (EVS), Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) Thermal Imaging System
Experienced and Certified in advanced
dynamic Heads Up Display (HUD) systems
Certificates and Ratings
Airline Transport Pilot (ATP): AMEL
Commercial Pilot: ASEL
Flight Instructor since 1992: ASEL, AMEL,
Instrument Airplane
Type Ratings: LR-JET, LR-60, G-V
(G-450/G-550)
Former FAA Designated Training Center
Evaluator (TCE) FSDO 19, and FSDO 15
