Helicopter Aviation

I'm a 4000+ hour commercial helicopter pilot; my aviation resume is below. A pdf version of it is available here; my complete curriculum vitae is here.

JONATHAN MACK

(304) 685-0605 • jkmack@proton.me • http://jonathankmack.com

QUALIFICATIONS

  • US FAA Airline Transport Pilot-Helicopter, Certificated Flight Instructor: Rotorcraft-Helicopter/Instrument Helicopter, Private Pilot-Airplane Single Engine Land, Remote Pilot-Small Unmanned Aircraft System
  • Transport Canada Commercial Pilot License - Helicopter (Endorsements: RH22, RH44, BH06, EC30, EC35, EC45), Instrument Rating Group 4

AVIATION FLIGHT HOURS

TotalsBy operation typeBy model
Total4600Cross-Country1600H14515
Helicopter4500Mountain1400H1351600
Helicopter PIC4400Night900H130400
Helicopter Turbine3000NVG700H125300
Airplane Single Engine Land100Instrument-Simulated90B206500
Instrument-Actual3R4450
R221400

WORK EXPERIENCE

EMS Helicopter Pilot

2009 - Present

Air Methods

Various Locations

Pilot a helicopter to transport sick and injured patients from accident scenes and outlying hospitals to major hospitals. Act as the base Field Safety Representative. Created and maintained a database of 200+ helicopter landing zones, addressing a customer safety need. Created and maintained a spreadsheet that determined helicopter crewmember night vision goggle currency, adopted by multiple bases.

Helicopter Tour Pilot

2005

Grand Canyon Helicopters

Grand Canyon, AZ

Piloted a tour aircraft over the Grand Canyon, additionally acting as a supplemental tour guide to the recorded narration, to tourists from around the world.

Helicopter Pilot

2001 - 2005

PHI, Inc.

Various Locations

Piloted a helicopter to transport sick and injured patients from accident scenes and outlying hospitals to major hospitals, and workers and equipment between land bases and offshore oil platforms.

Helicopter Pilot/Flight Instructor

2000 - 2001

J.R. Aviation

Sellersburg, IN

Acted as a traffic watch pilot over a large metropolitan area, and a powerline patrol pilot over both transmission and distribution lines. Conducted helicopter flight and ground training.

Helicopter Pilot/Flight Instructor

2000

All Star Helicopters

Vandalia, OH

Acted as a drug interdiction pilot under contract with Ohio law enforcement. Conducted helicopter flight and ground training.

Helicopter Flight Instructor

2000

Volar Helicopter Training

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Conducted ground and flight training for national and international helicopter pilot students.

Aeronautical Engineer

1998 - 2000

Robinson Helicopter Company

Torrance, CA

Worked in the areas of certification, design, flight test, and weight & balance to optimize existing helicopter designs (the R22 and R44), and was involved in the earliest phases of designing a new helicopter (the R66).

EDUCATION

Master of Science Computer Science

2008

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

3.72 GPA. Problem Report: Test-driven development of a performance-critical database record-tree balancing application.

Instrument Pilot-Helicopter, CFI-I/ATP Helicopter

2001, 2004

Quantum Helicopters

Chandler, AZ

Certificated Flight Instructor/Commercial Pilot-Helicopter

2000

Bravo Helicopters & Wing

Torrance, CA

Bachelor of Science Aerospace Engineering

1998

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

3.45 GPA, graduated cum laude

Keywords: ASEL, ATP, Airbus, AS350, Bell, BK 117, BS, CFI, CFI-I, CS, Cessna, College, Degree, EC135, EC145, Eurocopter, MS, Piper