Wed, Aug 20, 2008
In each of the past 45 years, the General Aviation Awards
program and the FAA have partnered to recognize a small group of
aviation professionals in the fields of flight instruction,
aviation maintenance, avionics and safety for their contributions
to aviation safety and education.
This awards program is a cooperative effort between the FAA and
more a dozen industry sponsors. The selection process begins with
local FAA Safety Team managers at Flight Standards District Offices
(FSDO) and then moves on to the eight regional FAA offices. Panels
of aviation professionals from within those four fields then select
national winners from the pool of regional winners.
When all was said and done, the selection team chose Max
Trescott, MCFI/MGI, of Mountain View, CA as the 2008 Nat'l
Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year.
Max is an independent Palo Alto-area flight and ground
instructor specializing in instrument and technically advanced
aircraft training. A Master CFI, Master Ground Instructor, and
FAASTeam representative, Max is also a noted aviation author and
speaker and founder of Glass Cockpit Publishing. He represented the
San Jose FSDO area (Jack Hocker, FPM) as well as the FAA's Western
Pacific Region.
Max was licensed to fly as a teenager. He earned degrees in
Psychology and Electrical Engineering from Swarthmore College and
an MBA from NYU. He worked for 25 years in sales, marketing and
management positions for Hewlett-Packard and now devotes full time
to teaching flying, speaking, and publishing aviation training
materials.
He holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate and is an FAA
Gold Seal CFI. He is recognized by the National Association of
Flight Instructors as a Master CFI. He's a past President of Los
Medicos Voladores or "Flying Doctors", and regularly flew volunteer
medical teams to Mexico in his Cessna T210.
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