Technology
What to build, what to buy, and what to leave alone — then building it. Strategy, tool selection and workflow design as well as delivery, for any platform and any industry.
Technology consulting and career development
A straight answer on what to build — and on what to do next.
Technology work, and career consulting. Most of the experience behind both comes from aviation, though neither is limited to it. If an hour of conversation is all you need, that’s a fine place to start.
Where I can help.
Career growth and development
For people deciding what comes next: the realistic path from where you are to where you want to be, interview preparation, and a straight second opinion on the offer in front of you.
Training and instruction
Flight reviews, instrument proficiency checks and recurrent instruction under CFI, CFII, MEI and AGI certificates. Plus courseware and procedures documentation for training departments.
Operations and regulatory
Workflow review, regulatory and contract analysis, and written second opinions on pay, scheduling and crew-planning questions nobody internally has time to chase.
Services
What you can actually hire us for.
Engagements range from a single hour of analysis to a delivered application. If what you need is not on this list, ask — the answer is often yes, and when it is no you will hear that instead of a proposal.
SYS
Technology
Strategy and delivery. Aviation clients and clients with nothing to do with aviation.
- Deciding what to build, what to buy, and what to leave alone
- Tool and vendor selection, with the tradeoffs written down
- Workflow design — understanding how the work actually runs before automating any of it
- Custom software, including native iPhone, iPad and Mac apps in Swift
- Internal tools that replace a spreadsheet someone maintains by hand
- Custom reports and analysis from data you already collect
- A finished application built from a prototype, mockup or half-done idea
- Updates and maintenance for software you already own
NAV
Career growth and development
For people deciding what comes next — in aviation and outside it.
- Where you are now, where you want to be, and the realistic path between them
- Applications, résumés and interview preparation
- Progression, upgrade timing and category-move analysis
- Transitions between operators, industries or roles
- A straight second opinion on the offer in front of you
TRN
Training and instruction
For pilots who need an endorsement, and for organizations building training material. Instruction is given under CFI, CFII, MEI, and AGI certificates.
- Flight reviews under 14 CFR 61.56, including the endorsement
- Instrument proficiency checks under 14 CFR 61.57(d)
- Recurrent and refresher instruction, matched to what you actually fly
- Ground instruction and knowledge-test endorsements
- Ground-school and recurrent courseware development
- Instructor guides, lesson plans, and procedures documentation
- Review of existing curriculum against how the operation actually runs
OPS
Operations and regulatory
For operators, flight departments, and the people who support them.
- Operational workflow and process review
- Regulatory and contract analysis with a written, citable deliverable
- Procedures, manuals, and quick-reference documentation
- Pay, scheduling, and crew-planning analysis
- Independent review of a decision already made, before it is implemented
About
How this works.
Most of this work starts as a question someone couldn't get a straight answer to. Sometimes it's technical — should we build this, buy it, or leave it alone. Sometimes it's personal — is this the right move, and is now the right time.
Both get the same treatment. Understand the situation properly first, then say plainly what I'd do in your position — including the times when the answer is that you don't need me.
The background behind it is years at Apple, then flying for a living — instructing, a corporate flight department, and Part 121 airline flying. The technology work isn't limited to aviation, though, and neither is the career work.
There's no minimum. An hour is a real engagement, and sometimes an hour is all something needs.
- Location
- Utah — engagements nationwide, remote
- Practice areas
- Technology, career, training, operations
- Contact
- contact@prmaviation.com
Contact
Tell me what you’re working on.
A few sentences is plenty. Most inquiries get a reply within one business day.
- Response
- One business day, typically
- Engagements
- Remote, nationwide
- Minimum
- None — an hour is a fine engagement