Presented by Mike Adams, Senior Vice President of Underwriting at Avemco Insurance Company.
Mike will share his own story to show how easily an empty fuel tank can ruin a beautiful flight. His presentation arises from his perspective as a student pilot and instrument-rated pilot, combined with his extensive insurance background.
Every flight school has its own way of doing things that seem perfectly logical yet often unwittingly may send conflicting messages to the pilot/student/client. Every CFI and pilot knows exactly what discussions about fuel calculations and fuel management mean, but pilots still run out of gas far too often.
This month's MentorLIVE is sponsored by Avemco.
Avemco Insurance Company is the only direct writer of aircraft insurance. That means we're the only insurance company that connects you directly with an Aviation Insurance Specialist (underwriter) who is empowered to solve problems and approve coverage instantly instead of a middleman who simply passes your request on to somebody else. That's why we can approve coverage based on your individual situation, not what some rulebook says.
Learn more at www.avemco.com.
Mike Adams, Senior Vice President of Underwriting, and instrument-rated pilot has been involved in general aviation and aviation insurance since 1984. Before becoming the Sr Vice President of Underwriting in 2015, he managed the regional office in Portland, OR, then in Ft. Worth, TX and is now based in Frederick, MD.
While in Oregon, Mike served a year as the President of the Beaverton Chapter of the Oregon Pilots Association, followed by a year term as the State President of the Oregon Pilots Association.
Mike's insurance experience spans from commercial insurance ranging from full-service FBO's to the CFI with single aircraft operation and CFI's that instruct strictly in non-owned aircraft. During all this time, Mike has also worked with pilots who own a plane and pilots that rent and borrow aircraft. Mike holds a property/casualty insurance license in all 50 states.
Robert "Bob" Meder completed his initial flight training in 1995 and earned his CFI in 2006. He went on to add single-engine and multi-engine instrument certificates. Recently he retired from a 40+ year career at a major railroad as the Director of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). While in this position, he worked directly with the FAA on regulatory issues for Drones and critical infrastructure companies. During this time, he continued to instruct.
Bob has over 6,000 hours of dual instruction and enjoys training new flight instructors, challenging them to recognize the distinction between skill and critical thinking. He emphasizes that superior risk management, not just skill, is the key to safe flight training. He is a FAASTeam Lead Rep at the St Louis FSDO and was honored as the district and regional flight instructor of the year in 2009 and 2010. After nearly ten years as chair, Bob currently serves as Chair Emeritus on the NAFI board of directors.
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