Matan Zaidi

I moved to the U.S. on October 2019 with the goal- Become an airline pilot. I started my training on November 2019 and became a Certificate Flight Instructor on February 2021. I did discovery flights and trained students on C-172, PA-28, DA-20, C182, complex, high performance, G-1000, and autopilot. I performed stage checks as a check airman, ground school, simulator training, and now serve as an assistant chief instructor for my flight school.

• Commercial Pilot Airplane Single & Multi Engine Land with Instrument Rating
• Certified Flight Instructor (CFI)
• Certified Flight Instructor Instrument Rating (CFII)
• FAA First Class Medical Certificate (Date of examination: 8/26/2020) - No limitations

Total Time................... 1300

PIC.............................. 1242

Cross Country.............. 333

Multi-Engine............... 29

Flight Instructor .......... 965

Instrument................... 143

Night........................... 105

Assistant Chief Instructor

Washington International Flight Academy | Maryland | Aug. 2022 – current.

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the flight department
• Managed ground school for approximately 50 students to date

-Manage re-occurring PPL ground school with 10 instructors for 4-12 students (monthly).

-Manage CFI ground school with 5 instructors for 7-10 students (quarterly)

• Conduct technical interviews for new CFIs
• Maintained records of instructors' certifications, documents, and status
• Train and certify check airmen
• Supervise lesson plan implementation
• Serve as CFI POC
• Initiated guest speaker series (for 40) at flight school
• Updated CFI hiring process

Certified Flight Instructor

Washington International Flight Academy | Maryland | Feb. 2021 – current.

• Check-airman
• Instructed and passed over 12 students with Private, Instrument and Commercial Certificates.
• Conduct flight reviews and instrument proficiency checks (IPCs)
• Endorse pilots for complex and high-performance aircrafts
• Instruct use of G1000 and auto-pilot
• Instruct multiple lessons in monthly PPL and quarterly CFI ground schools

Counter Terrorism Unit Fighter and Instructor Jan 2015 – Jun 2017.

Israel Defense Forces

• Support IDF’s special forces on everything related to counter terror warfare
• staff sergeant the unit that set standards across IDF units
• Trained IDF special units and foreign armies
• Graduated Commander school
• Conducted special operations, including arrests, while remaining on standby for emergencies.
• Completed/graduated unit as staff sergeant
• Taught (classroom)

Fighter Pilot Course Cadet Jul 2014 – Dec 2014

Israel Defense Forces, Airforce

• Trained and tested in/on aerobatic maneuvers on a complex airplane - Grob G 120.
• Studied in under graduate-level academic courses - mathematics, physics, and history.
• Trained as a combat soldier.