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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.
Jim Carman
Consultant
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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.
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.
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).
Michael Moffett
Consultant
-Mike Moffett is an airline industry veteran. He has spent the last 13 years as a major airline pilot. Prior to that, he flew eight years for regional and national airlines throughout the United States. He is a type-rated captain on the B-757, B-767, DC9, and ATR-72 and has accumulated 15,000 flight hours. Mike has spent more than 12 years consulting in the aviation field, including 10 as a columnist for Airline Pilot Careers Magazine.
-Moffett grew up in Southern California where he attended the University of California, San Diego, earning degrees in Communication and Economics.
Charles R. Barnett, III
Pilot Certificate Action Advisor
-Charles R. Barnett, III is an aviation law attorney based in Crystal Lake, Illinois on the outskirts of Chicago. Mr. Barnett represents pilots in enforcement actions before the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board. In addition, he represents victims and their families in relation to personal injuries and wrongful deaths as the result of aviation accidents.
He has been flying airplanes since he was 16 years old. After 8 years of active duty flying in the United States Air Force flying B-52 and B-1 bombers, Mr. Barnett was hired by a major airline and flies internationally, both over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. He holds an ATP certificate and is currently type-rated in the Boeing 757, 767 and 777 aircraft and has accumulated approximately 10,000 hours of flying time. He is married and the proud father of four children.
Mr. Barnett is active in numerous aviation law related organizations, including Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Legal Services Panel, Allied Pilots Association, American Bar Association, Forum on Air & Space Law, Frequent Speaker at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Chicago Bar Association Aviation Law Committee, Experimental Aircraft Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Lawyer Pilots Bar Association, and National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association.
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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