Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) [URL=http://www.sassofia.com]www.sassofia.com[/URL] Sofema has been delivering high-level regulatory training since 2008. As we continue to grow, we strive to get to know our customers, so we can meet their needs in the best possible way. This goes both ways, and that’s why we want you to learn more about our team.Get to know the SAS Instructor Craig Colby – an aviation professional with over 35 years of working experience.
Craig Colby is a graduate of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. The instructor is experienced as an A&P mechanic, Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Director, Facilitator, Medevac Modification Project Consultant. He has an Inspection Authorization License, FAA Airframe and Powerplant License, FAA Private Pilot’s License, Thailand DCA License, and is also fluent in spoken Thai. Craig is a founder and Managing Director of US Asian Aero Services.
We asked Craig a few questions about his experience in working with Sofema
1. Initially, what inspired you to start a career in aviation?
It started when I was a very young boy. My father took me outside at night with a pair of binoculars and I looked into space for the first time… The feeling of knowing there was so much more out there was overwhelming. I grew up in a great time for aviation, NASA was sending rockets into space carrying space-capsules, Niel Armstrong set foot on the moon, there was talk of space stations and space shuttles. The X-15 was a plane rocketing into space. Aviation and space travel was all over television with shows like Star Trek and The 6-Million-Dollar Man, combine that with the aviation heroes of the first and second world war, chivalrous knights of the air dueling in machines high above the earth. There was enough going on to inspire any youth for a lifetime. I still feel inspired every time I look up at the sky.
2. What motivates you as an aviation instructor and what is the best part about being a Sofema trainer?
What motivates me as an instructor is seeing the future of aviation in front of me and knowing I can influence them in a positive way. Seeing individuals excited about aviation and my being able to provide them with information to help them achieve their aviation goals. Finally, to enjoy when they become engaged in the learning experience and to see that look of comprehension and satisfaction in their faces. What I value in Sofema is the breadth and currency of the information available and the widespread audience they reach. Sofema is truly a global aviation institute.
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