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Kit Darby
President
-Kit Darby was the president of Aviation Information Resources (AIR, Inc.) from 1989 to 2009 He is currently a B737-300/800 and B717 Simulator and Ground Instructor for Boeing in Atlanta, GA. A retired B767 captain with United Airlines, Mr. Darby has interviewed 21 times with 17 different airlines and worked with three majors and one national airline since 1978.
-He has a BS in Aeronautical Studies from Embry-Riddle AU. Kit is author of the Simulator Flying Guide, Beginners' Guide to Becoming a Career Pilot, the World Wide Pilot Supply Report, World Wide Jet Transport Simulator Study and the new Pilot Career Guide, and publisher of the Airline Pilot Salary Survey, Airline Pilot Careers magazine (1996-2008) and Airline Pilot Job Monthly (1993-2009).
-Kit's flight experience includes 20,000+ hours total time, 10,000 hours jet time. ATP with B717, B737, B727, DC-8, and B757/767 type ratings, flight/instrument and flight engineer instructor, commercial instrument helicopter pilot, plus military instructor/instrument examiner ratings in two helicopters and five fixed-wing multi-engine aircraft.
Thomas McBroom
Legal Consultant
-Thomas W. McBroom, Sr. is Project Manager, KitDarby.com Aviation Consulting in Atlanta, Georgia. His responsibilities include business planning and forecasting, litigation support, and consulting studies for aviation industry clients. His aviation background includes experience as a flight instructor and as a Pilot Ground Training Instructor with Delta Global Services, where he provided instruction to pilots for Delta Air Lines on systems, operating procedures, and performance characteristics of the Boeing 737-200 aircraft. He has a varied background with over fifteen years experience in aviation, management, business planning, law, sales, marketing and regulatory affairs. He is currently a CRJ First Officer for Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA).
Dan Gradwohl
Financial Analyst
-Daniel Gradwohl is a financial analyst with KitDarby.com. Mr. Gradwohl is the author of Air, Inc.'s yearly Airline Pilot Salary Survey and Fleet and Simulator Directory. Mr. Gradwohl also does financial analysis of potential career value earnings/projections in conjunction with expert witness legal proceedings.
-Daniel received at Bachelors Degree in economics and history from Muir College at the University of California-San Diego in 1988. During college he worked as an analyst in the schedule planning department at Pacific Southwest Airlines.
-Following graduation he obtained his private, instrument and commercial certificates and was a flight instructor for three years in the Los Angeles area. Gradwohl went on to fly six different aircraft types at Ameriflight from 1992-1995 before joining Ryan International Airlines on the Boeing 727-100/200. In 1997 he was hired by Northwest Airlines and has worked as a second officer on the airline’s DC-10s and B747-200s. He is currently an A-320 First Officer for Delta Air Lines.
Jim Manley
Consultant
-Jim Manley is a simulator specialist and senior analyst with KitDarby.com Aviation Consulting He consults with our Sim Study Group.
-Jim graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1978 with a Bachelors degree in Engineering Sciences and received a Masters in Systems Management through the University of Southern California in 1988. Jim served for 10 years as a pilot flying T-37, C-130, and C-23 aircraft. He recieved the Military Airlift Command's Excellence in Airmanship Award in 1987.
-Jim was hired by Piedmont Airlines in 1988 and has flown F-28, DC-9, B-737, MD-80 as First Officer and B-727 as Flight Engineer. His total flying time 9300 hours. Jim is currently an MD-11 First Officer with World Airways.
Jim Carman
Consultant
- Now with KitDarby.com Aviation Consulting, Jim Carman served as Director of Military Transitions with Aviation Information Resources of Atlanta, Georgia from 2002 to 2009. He is a nationally recognized speaker and writer on career transition topics, and has contributed to several national periodicals, including Airline Pilot Careers magazine and Today’s Officer magazine. In addition, he serves as a Career and Organizational Management Consultant with Right Management, the world’s leading career management and outplacement consulting organization, and conducts aviation officer career information presentations as a consultant to the Navy Personnel Command.
- Jim served in the Navy for more than twenty-four years, commanded both a patrol and reconnaissance squadron and a patrol and reconnaissance aircraft wing, and attained the rank of Captain in November 1993. In 1998 he joined American Airlines and continues to fly as an MD-80 first officer based in Washington, D.C. He has earned graduate degrees in national security studies and financial management, graduated from the aviation safety command course at the Naval Post Graduate School and completed the Senior Executive Training Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management. Read Jim’s complete biography at www.linkedin.com/in/jacarman.
Dr. Richard Harper, FAA AME
Medical Advisor
-C. Richard Harper, M.D., is a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner with 30 years experience. He is a graduate of Ohio State University’s College of Medicine and board certified in Aerospace Medicine. Dr. Harper has a private practice of aviation medicine in Atlanta and is a consultant to Delta Air Lines Flight Operations. He served as Vice President of Medical Services for United Airlines for six years; Chief Accident Investigation Branch, Office of Aviation Medicine, FAA; and U.S. Naval Flight Surgeon. He is also an internationally published author in aviation medicine.
Jo Halverson
Editorial Research and Administrative Consultant
-Jo Halverson is an aviation research specialist with KitDarby.com. Ms. Halverson is a former editor/writer for Airline Pilot Careers magazine, published by AIR, Inc. Jo provides topical articles that focus on current events impacting the aviation industry and the pilot profession. She also maintains and updates the extensive database of archived articles KitDarby.com has available to the public. Additionally, Jo provides fact checking and research support to client reports.
-Jo has a BA in Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She worked as a radio news reporter prior to entering the aviation field. Jo was hired as a flight attendant at United Airlines in 1984 and began work on her flight ratings and certificates, eventually leaving United and working as a flight instructor, contract pilot for the Department of Defense Military Courier Service and a regional airline pilot. She was rehired as a flight officer at United Airlines in 1999.
-In the past ten years Jo has been furloughed at United, hired at a fractional corporate aviation company and recalled at United. She is currently an A320 First Officer. She has an ATP rating and is type rated in the A320, B737 and Citation X.
Kit Darby, President
KitDarby.com Aviation Consulting, LLC
1029 Peachtree Pkwy. N., S-352
Peachtree City, GA 30269
877 334-2939 Toll Free
678 833-5620 Business
770 487-6617 Fax
Email: KitDarby@gmail.com
Web: www.KitDarby.com
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