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Karlene Petitt

Karlene Petitt is an international airline pilot, retired Delta Captain, author, pilot advocate and aviation safety subject matter expert, who lives in Seattle Washington with her husband. She has three grown daughters and 8 grandchildren. She holds two masters degrees, and a PHD in Aviation Safety from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. Her research identified concerns with safety culture and pilot training worldwide which is impacting pilot performance and operational safety. Karlene is type rated: in B747-400, 747-200, 777, 767, 757, 737, 727, A350, A330 .

Gary Reeves

Gary Reeves is a well known national speaker and expert in Single Pilot IFR and GPS use. He teaches individuals and trains whole airline staffs how to use the new Avidyne and Garmin Units. He has over 6,900 hours, a Master CFI, is the only Avidyne National Training provider and was the 2016 FAA Instructor of the Year, WP region. Gary resides in CA Learn more at PilotSafety.org or visit him in booth #813 throughout the weekend. Reeves will speak numerous times over the weekend.

Steven Van Horn

He retired from full time flight instruction at the commercial pilot flight training program at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington in 2014. He continues in his philosophical interest of the process we call “teaching and learning”. John holds an ATP SMEL, a Commercial SES; CFI-ASME&I, A&IGI; and 107 Remote Pilot. He has over 16,000 hours of instruction given, and has taught in 58 FIRCs in the Seattle area. His college degrees include a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Theology, and a Master of Arts (Counseling). His aviation career has included responsibilities as a flight instructor, ground instructor, chief flight instructor, Aviation Division Chairman, Airman Certification Representative, Aviation Safety Counselor, and FAASTeam representative.

Dominique Prinet

Prinet worked as a commercial bush pilot in the Canadian Arctic and High Arctic, at a time when radio beacons were the exception and long before the GPS had been invented. He later served as the Marketing VP for Nordair in Montréal and Canadian Airlines in Vancouver. He taught economics to MBA students at McGill, and went on to manage Air Tanzania for five years. He developed a love for sailing and has navigated most of the oceans of the world using his faithful sextant. Today Dominique lives in Vancouver with his wife, also named Dominique, and celebrated his 70th birthday by obtaining his helicopter license

Steven Van Horn is a California native and has a Master’s Degree in Atmospheric Science from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). His National Weather Service career began at the Los Angeles/Oxnard office as a Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) student. He was hired on as a Meteorologist Intern at the Spokane Weather Forecast Office in January of 2009 and then promoted to a forecaster position in May of 2012. Steven is the aviation program leader at the Spokane Weather Forecast Office. In his spare time, he enjoys the outdoors by camping, hiking, rock climbing and snowboarding.

Adam White

Adam White is a Past President of the Alaska Airmen’s Association and currently heads up its Government and Legislative Affairs programs. Adam has lived in a small rural community in Alaska for almost 30 years and has several thousand hours specializing in off-airport operations on floats, wheels, and skis. He has flown to/from Alaska and the Lower 48 States numerous times in small GA aircraft.

Crista Worthy

John Swedburg

John Swedburg celebrated his 50th anniversary in aviation in 2021. He has been an active flight instructor since 1974.

Pilot and author Crista Worthy lives in Idaho and has been flying around the United States with her family since 1995 and writing about fun places to fly since 2006. Her favorite places to explore are the backcountry strips of Idaho and Utah’s red rock country. Worthy is the author of over 500 articles about aviation, travel, bodybuilding, and wildlife, and is the former Managing Editor of Pilot Getaways; she serves as editor of The Flyline, publication of the Idaho Aviation Association.