Artemas K. Darby III (Kit Darby)
Provided litigation support in approximately 200 cases with written reports and excel workbooks detailing the job market and the average career value for the US Major airlines, National Airlines, Regional Airlines, Military, Corporate, and Fractional operators pilot careers. Additional models have been developed for Maintenance Technicians, Flight Attendants, Simulator Instructors, and Ground School Instructors. Supplied written reports, depositions, and trail testimony services to pilots attorneys and their estates, pilot unions, airlines, the FAA, and the US Department of Justice in the US and Canada.
FLIGHT RATINGS:
CIVIL
ATP: S&MEL Airplane (B-727/37/57/67/DC-8)
CFI: Aircraft / Instrument (15 years)
FE: Turbojet (B-727/DC-8)
Part 121: CPT/FO/SO (DC-8/9;B-727/37/57/67)
Parts 121, 135, 141, 91 & 63 experience
MILITARY - Retired
Instrument Examiner: F/W & R/W aircraft
Standardization IP: 5 F/W aircraft
Unit Training and Operations Officer
Maintenance Test Pilot
Ground & Simulator Instructor
FLIGHT TIME: TOTAL 20,513
Heavy Jet (2 & 4 engines) 5,544 Instructor Pilot 2,775 Actual Instruments 2,058
Pilot-in-Command 15,210 Sim. Instructor (B-727) 737 Simulated Instruments 455
Multiengine 17,123 Flt. Eng. (B727/DC8) 3,070 Night 3,335
JAN 85 – 5/07, Retired
United Airlines, Chicago, IL
Captain: B-737/757/767. FO/SO B-727/737. Part 121 scheduled
domestic/int'l pax operations throughout North / South America & Europe.
ETOPS, RSVM, & INS long range navigation operations.
PIC B-767/757 3,637
PIC B-737 4,272, PIC DC-8 350
JUL 85 - DEC 85
Republic Airlines, Detroit, MI
First Officer: DC-9. Part 121 scheduled domestic/international
passenger operations throughout North America.
APR 81 - NOV 84
Capitol Air, Jamaica, NY
Captain & FO: DC-8. 121 domestic/international passenger and
charter operations throughout North America and Europe.
AUG 78 - SEP 80
Braniff Int'l, DFW Airport, TX
First Officer/FE: B-727/DC-8. Part 121 domestic/international
passenger operations throughout North / South America.
MILITARY INSTRUCTOR PILOT & FLIGHT COMMANDER
1969 to 1993 Captain US Army. Standardization Instructor Pilot and Instrument Examiner -
Retired 8 years. Commanded the Aircraft Qualification & IP Course for all F/W
aircraft. Army-wide Flight Standards Division - 2 years. Established training
programs, wrote flight training manuals and trained IP's in all Army fixed-wing
aircraft. Georgia Army Nat'l Guard OV-1 SIP/Flight Examiner – total of 23 years.
EDUCATION: B.S. DEGREE - AERONAUTICAL STUDIES
NOV 74 - AUG 77 Embry-Riddle AU, FL: Concentration Flight Technology. Dean's List
SPECIAL TRAINING:
MAY 09 B-717 Captain/Instructor Pilot Initial: Boeing: Seattle, WA
NOV 07 B-737 Captain Re-qualification/Instructor Pilot Initial, Boeing: Atlanta, GA
MAY 00 B-757/767 Captain Upgrade Training: United Airlines, Denver, CO
JUN 93 B-737 Captain Upgrade Training: United Airlines, Denver, CO
JAN 90 B-727 First Officer Upgrade Training: United Airlines, Denver, CO
MAR 86 Initial Cockpit Resource Management CRM Training: United Airlines, Denver, CO
JUL 85 DC-9 First Officer Initial Training: Republic Airlines, Atlanta, GA
JAN 85 B-727 Second Officer Initial Training: United Airlines, Denver, CO
JUN 84 DC-8 Captain Upgrade Training: Capitol Air, Smyrna, TN/Dallas, TX
MAY 81 DC-8 First Officer Initial Training: Capitol Air, Smyrna, TN
APR 79 DC-8 First Officer Upgrade Training: Braniff International, Dallas, TX
AUG 78 - OCT 78 B-727/DC-8 Second Officer Initial Training: Braniff Int'l, Dallas, TX
DEC 76 - JAN 77 Fixed-wing & Rotary-wing Instrument Flight Examiner's Courses (US Army)
APR 74 - JAN 77 Instructor Pilot Course: OV-1, U-21, U-8, T-42, and T-41 (US Army)
Litigation support for professional pilot hiring and career earnings for airline-Major, National, Regional, Cargo and passenger airlines, corporate and fractional pilots. Military and civilian pilots. Pilot screening, selection, hiring, and initial plus recurrent training. Pilot pay and benefits. Pilot career value including pay, benefits, and retirement.
Union and airline support for contract negotiations and seniority list integration.
Consulting for pilot supply and demand forecasting. Pilot minimum and average qualifications. Pilot salary and benefits. Flight school justifications.
Pilot career counseling for accidents, incidents, training failures, termination, driving record, bankruptcy, drug and alcohol incidents, lack of currency, re-qualification, and medical problems.
