It's never too late to learn to fly! I've wanted to fly my entire life but lack of funds, then professional and family obligations kept me from my dream until I was in my 50s. I often tell people that it took me 31 years from my first day of ground school until my Private Pilot Certificate! But flying has turned out to be a fantastic second career after my retirement from the US Army, not only as a Flight Instructor but also as a jet and now turboprop pilot. I fly seasonally with the Washington Dept. of Natural Resources in their Wildfire Management division but one of my favorite things is to introduce aspiring pilots to aviation and help them realize their own flying goals. Come talk to us at Safety In Motion!

My path into aviation has been pretty indirect and random.  I always struggled to find something that I could see myself doing in the long term and in my early adulthood, I bounced between many different jobs and cities.  I’ve worked in tech support, sales, pest control, counselling, and more, but when I got a job as a flight attendant on a whim, I finally found a career that I thought I could really commit myself to; it was just on the other side of the flight deck door.  The more I looked into flight training, the more excited I got about it and all the varied experiences you can have within just one industry.  Now, I’m thrilled to have my wandering behind me and to finally be back in my original home of the PNW to help others along this path too!