Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Flight Time
Certification
Accomplishments
Timeline
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David Long

Wake Village,TX

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Contract Pilot

Self Employed
06.2019 - Current
  • Captain/SIC - C500/King Air 200 & 90
  • Provide FAR Part 91 contract Pilot-in-Command Services to clients throughout the Continental United States
  • Develop/maintain client network, utilize social media to grow networking opportunities, and manage accounts receivable
  • Learn various flight department policies and adapt to differing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Conduct passenger briefings and coordinate specialty passenger service requests with Fixed Base Operators (FBOs)
  • Served as Passenger Safety Second-in-Command aboard Embraer Phenom 100 aircraft for a select high net-worth client

Pilot

Metro Aviation
08.2023 - 06.2024
  • Captain - Cessna 550 & Beechcraft King Air F90
  • Transport company executives throughout the United States under FAR Part 91
  • Conduct passenger briefings and coordinate specialty passenger service requests with Fixed Base Operators (FBOs)
  • Perform pre/postflight inspections, obtain weather/ATC clearances, maintain Electronic Flight Bag database currency

Pilot

FlyExclusive
12.2019 - 07.2023
  • Captain - Cessna 560 Encore+
  • Transport high net-worth clientele throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean under FAR Part 135
  • Conduct passenger briefings and coordinate specialty passenger service requests with Fixed Base Operators (FBOs)
  • Perform pre/postflight inspections, obtain weather/ATC clearances, maintain Electronic Flight Bag database currency

Pilot

EagleMed LLC
12.2017 - 06.2019
  • Captain - King Air B200 & C90B
  • Served as FAR Part 135 Air Ambulance pilot operating throughout the United States
  • Filed FAA/ICAO flight plans, calculated weight & balance data, and reviewed weather/performance information
  • Maintained aircraft exterior appearance
  • Coordinated with flight nurses, flight medics, and specialty medical teams
  • King Air B200 equipped with Garmin 1000

Pilot

First Flight Air Ambulance
02.2017 - 09.2017
  • Captain - King Air C90A, C90, & E90
  • Conducted Air Ambulance flight operations throughout the United States under FAR Part 135 regulations
  • Coordinated operations with local hospitals, non-flying air medical crew managers, and Fixed Base Operators

First Officer

Red Wing Aeroplane Co.
10.2016 - 02.2017
  • SIC - Cessna 560 Ultra
  • Transported high net-worth clientele throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean under FAR Part 135
  • Performed pre/postflight inspections, obtained weather/ATC clearances, maintained Electronic Flight Bag database currency

Electronics Technician II

PreSonus Audio Electronics
10.2011 - 09.2016
  • Electronics Technician supporting the Engineering Department
  • Performed circuit modifications and repairs on prototype audio products
  • Ordered all parts for prototype assemblies
  • Performed performance tests on speakers using the Clio10 system

Owner

Tube Guy Amplifiers
12.2006 - 09.2011
  • Conceptualized/launched amplifier repair business providing guitars and guitar amplifier repair to a previously unserved market
  • Designed/constructed specialty vacuum tube electronic guitar amplifiers including custom-designed units suited to each client

Chief Pilot

Synergy Healthcare
01.2006 - 11.2006
  • Captain - Piper Navajo Chieftain
  • Responsible for day-to-day single pilot operations and scheduling of maintenance of a Piper Navajo Chieftain with Colemill Panther II conversion, and Garmin 530 GPS

Pilot

Louisiana Aircraft
08.2004 - 01.2006
  • Part 135 and Part 91 operations
  • KingAir 200 PIC/SIC, and KingAir 350 SIC

Chief Pilot

The Cottonport Bank
10.2002 - 08.2004
  • Captain - Cessna 414/AW
  • Responsible for day-to-day single pilot operations and scheduling of maintenance of a Cessna 414/AW with RAM IV conversion, and Garmin 530/Garmin 430 GPS

Chief Pilot

Sigma Construction
03.2001 - 09.2002
  • Captain - Cessna 421B
  • Responsible for day-to-day single pilot operations and scheduling of maintenance of a Cessna 421B with Northstar GPS and Argus moving map

Education

Bachelor of Science - General Studies, Concentration in Aviation Science

Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA

No Degree - Professional Aviation

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA

Skills

FAA Airline Transport Pilot - AMEL

FAA Commercial Pilot/Instrument Airplane - ASEL

FAA 1st Class Medical

Current United States Passport

FCC Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit

Type Ratings: CE-500

Flight Time

                                                              Total Flight Time: 4470 Hours


           Pilot in Command: 3559                                                                      Cross Country: 4152

           Multi-Engine: 3246                                                                              Single-Engine: 1224

           Turbojet: 1419                                                                                      Turboprop: 1018

           Night: 491                                                                                             Instrument: 391



Certification

SimCom Recurrent Training for C500 completed March 2024

Flight Safety Recurrent Training for Beechcraft King Air F-90 completed August 2023

FAA Pilot Proficiency Wings Phase V

Accomplishments

Alpha Eta Rho Professional Aviation Fraternity, President - Lambda Tau Chapter, 1985

Mayor's Award, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1999

Timeline

Pilot

Metro Aviation
08.2023 - 06.2024

Pilot

FlyExclusive
12.2019 - 07.2023

Contract Pilot

Self Employed
06.2019 - Current

Pilot

EagleMed LLC
12.2017 - 06.2019

Pilot

First Flight Air Ambulance
02.2017 - 09.2017

First Officer

Red Wing Aeroplane Co.
10.2016 - 02.2017

Electronics Technician II

PreSonus Audio Electronics
10.2011 - 09.2016

Owner

Tube Guy Amplifiers
12.2006 - 09.2011

Chief Pilot

Synergy Healthcare
01.2006 - 11.2006

Pilot

Louisiana Aircraft
08.2004 - 01.2006

Chief Pilot

The Cottonport Bank
10.2002 - 08.2004

Chief Pilot

Sigma Construction
03.2001 - 09.2002

Bachelor of Science - General Studies, Concentration in Aviation Science

Northwestern State University

No Degree - Professional Aviation

Louisiana Tech University
David Long