Glenn P. McConnell
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As Director and Chief Flight Instructor at the Net Jets Flight School, Glenn P. McConnell is recognized as an authority on all aspects of pilot operations and training. His command of these issues has made Mr. McConnell a highly respected educator, lecturer and administrator to front-line flight education programs throughout the United States. He has been a requested lecturer at more than 300 ground schools and safety seminars in the U.S. and has taught Instrument Flight Operations Course at the FBI’s National Academy. As an independent flight instructor, he accumulated nearly 500 hours per year in a wide variety of aircraft environments. Mr. McConnell is currently a designated Pilot Examiner and Aviation Safety Counselor for the Federal Aviation Administration. He is also Adjunct Assistant Professor at Ohio University, teaching Aviation Safety and Accident Investigation.

Mr. McConnell served as Director of Flight Education and Chief Flight Instructor for the Department of Aviation at The Ohio State University for over ten years, and as Flight Team Head Coach for eight years.  While serving as Director of Operations for the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI), Mr. McConnell was responsible for organizing the first National Convention of Flight Instructors.  He has also co-authored a three-day course for NAFI which was approved by the FAA for the reevaluation of flight instructors, as well as serving as a consultant to AOPA Air Safety Foundation in Washington, D.C. in a pilot training course.  As Vice-President/Marketing for Automatic Airport Weather Reporting System at Artias, Inc., Mr. McConnell was responsible for the liaison between the FAA and Artias, Inc. during the test and approval of the first automatic weather reporting system certified for use in instrument flight rules.  Mr. McConnell has also conducted a flight instructor reevaluation course at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London, England.

Recipient of FAA General Aviation Flight Instructor of the Year, Great Lakes Region, 1999 - Coach of the Year award, National Intercollegiate Flying Association Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (National Championship Competition), April 1993 – Outstanding Staff Award, The Ohio State University, May 1992 – Award of Merit for Contributions to Flight Instruction, The All Ohio Safety and Health Congress, March 1990 – Coach of the Year award, National Intercollegiate Flying Association Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (National Championship Competition), April 1990.

B.A., English, The Ohio State University, 1975.

Member, Ohio Committee on Aeronautical Education, since 1990 – Council Member, National Intercollegiate Flying Association, since 1991 – Director, Vice President, Great Lakes Region National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI), 1987-1997 – Member, Advisory Board, Department of Aviation, Ohio University, since 2000

Certificates and Ratings: FAA-Designed Pilot Examiner – Private Commercial Instrument Flight Instructor – Airline Transport Pilot (Airplane Multi-engine Land), Commercial Pilot (Airplane Single-engine Land, Jet type rating CE-500) – Flight Instructor (FAA Gold Seal, ASEL, AMEL, Instrument) – Certificate of Appointment as FAA Aviation Safety Counselor

Flight experience: Total time, 10,000 hours – Total Instructor time, 8000 hours – 30 years experience as Flight Instructor