3-Green Aviation LLC - Meet our instructors Shane Jordan & Jim Mccord

MEET SHANE JORDAN

ATP, CFI, CFII, MEI, AGI, Single Pilot Type Rated PC-24

A highly specialized aircraft needs to be taught by a highly specialized instructor. Exclusively operating Pilatus PC-12 and PC-24 aircraft. Logged over 7,500-hours Pilatus model aircraft, and over 4,500-hours of PC-12 instruction in type, to include over 550 Initial,
Recurrent and Transition Classes given.

Solo Age 16 / Private Pilot Certificate at Age 17
Flight Instructor Since 1995
Pilatus Demonstration Pilot
Pilatus Corporate Pilot
Pilatus Mentor Pilot
Insurance Approved Pilatus PC-12 Instructor: Initial / Recurrent / Differences

Total Flight Time: 9,500 Hours

Mountain Experience: My aviation career began in Colorado, which puts me in a unique position to offer specialized mountain training. Based in Montrose, CO (KMTJ), one of the training options I offer is a Mountain Flying Course. Several high-altitude and challenging airports are practiced; additional instruction in aircraft performance and mountain-specific meteorology is included. I recommend this training option to enhance pilot skills and overall confidence.

World Experience: In 2014, I had the life-changing opportunity to fly with Amelia Rose Earhart on a flight around the world, symbolically recreating the original Amelia Mary Earhart flight (with success in mind). FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD. In addition, I have experience flying to and training pilots internationally. Destinations have included: Iceland, Scotland, Ireland, Costa Rica, Ecuador, St Maarten, Mexico, Caribbean, Canada.

I look forward to flying with you!

–Shane Jordan

As a long-time instructor, it didn’t take long for me to recognize Shane’s exceptional skill for taking complex topics and making them understandable. He was patient and likable, never condescending or belligerent, and never made me feel like he was disappointed in a botched exercise, yet he was able to allow me see my weaknesses and helped me develop the skills I needed to strengthen them. His knowledge of the PC-12 is ridiculous, and he’s happy to share it. Training in the airplane was fantastic. I really can’t recommend Shane enough.

Chip Gibbons

This was by far the best training I have received in the PC-12. The Pilatus PC-12 Recurrent Course, ground school was conducted on my 1st day of two. The eight-hour interactive; Power point slides and discussions were outstanding! Shane tailored training to our experience and our desires to go down to the nuts and bolts. Highly informative and pertinent to the safe operations of the PC-12 from a “Current Pilot” of the PC-12. For the next day after consultation with Shane, we decided to do a cross-country flight. This is more of what I do with the airplane. Shane was very receptive to my desires and training needs. During the flight we were able to talk; Aircraft Systems, Avionics, Airspace, Weather and conduct Simulated Emergencies in the aircraft and discuss realistic solutions in the air while flying the aircraft.

The scenarios that Shane introduced were, very realistic without putting the aircraft and our ourselves into any kind of danger or unsafe situation. I believe this is some of the best realistic training, I have received in my 35 plus years of flying. I was an Air Force Instructor Pilot who taught at Randolph AFB “PIT”. This is where we taught other Air Force Pilots on how to be an Air Force Instructor Pilots. I was also an Instructor Pilot and Evaluator at the US Air Force Academy. I am Currently Flying the B787 internationally for a major Airline. I would recommend any Pilot / Owner in the PC-12 to use 3-Green Aviation; “Pilatus PC-12 Recurrent Course”, especially if done in their own aircraft.

Gerald Peaslee

MEET JIM MCCORD

ATP, CFI, CFII, MEI

Over 2500 hours of flight instruction given in a variety of aircraft. PC-12NG Chief Pilot and Aircraft Manager for Part 91 operation 2015-2019. Learn from someone who knows the ropes in owning and operating the PC-12 aircraft.

Flight Instructor Since 1997
Master Flight Instructor since 2013
Pilatus Mentor Pilot
Insurance Approved Pilatus Instructor: Initial / Recurrent / Differences

Total Flight Time: 4,400 Hours

Aviation Experience: My aviation career began in Ohio during my college days. Flying as a student pilot out of Cleveland Hopkins International airport (now Class B airspace) taught me how to use the radio and work with air traffic control from day-one. Since then I’ve flown VFR and IFR in busy East Coast and West Coast airspace, and many places in between.

In 2000 I moved to Santa Rosa California. I provide mountain flying training in the Sierras and Coastal mountain ranges; manage a Part 91 PC-12NG; provide regular safety seminars as a FAASTeam Lead representative; and deal with local aviation issues as a Sonoma County Aviation Commissioner.

Other Experience: In addition to my aviation activities I work for a technology company focused on adult education and improving the training experience for key employees. My goal is to make your training experience challenging, fulfilling and most of all valuable to you so that you know and fly the PC-12 better than you ever have.

I look forward to training with you!

–Jim McCord

Having trained at all the Part 142 Training Centers in the US, and looking for a new challenge and perspective for our 9^th recurrent event in the PC-12, we selected 3-Green Aviation, LLC to meet our needs. We were not disappointed. I found the ground instruction well formatted and thorough, and the flying both fun and challenging. There isn’t a simulator in existence that can fully replicate the experience of sitting in the seat with the real world outside the window. The flight training was conducted safely and professionally while still realistic and challenging. I look forward to training with 3 Green again next year.

Jesse Dykman, Stewart Builders Inc. N696NG

MEET CHRIS CARMODY

Pilatus PC-12NG Instructor

Airline Transport Pilot Multi-Engine Land
Commercial Single Engine Land & Sea
Instrument Rated
Beechjet (BE-400; MU-300); Falcon 2000, Falcon 20 SIC Type Rated
Socata TBM 850
Pilatus PC-12/47E (PC-12NG and NGX) current
Certified Flight Instructor
Instrument Instructor
Multi-Engine Instructor
FAA First Class Medical Certificate
FCC Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit
Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums Training (RVSM) completed

Flight Experience: 6,700+ Flight Hours, 3,800+ Hours of providing instruction over more than two decades

Christopher has been instructing pilots for nearly two decades in various aircraft models. He is a former demonstration pilot and instructor for a Pilatus and Piper distributor. He has actively flown and managed a PC-12 for over a decade and is extremely knowledgeable of the financial and operational aspects of flying a PC-12. Christopher’s passion for aviation and thirst for knowledge drives his unending quest to make general aviation safer and aircraft training more enjoyable.

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics majoring in both Aviation Science/Professional Pilot and Aviation Management with a Business Certificate from Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology at Saint Louis University.

Memberships:

2012-2015 Kansas City Business Aviation Association Board (KCBAA) Member
2009-Present Industry Advisory Board Member, Parks College of Aviation at Saint Louis University
National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI)
Aircraft Owner’s and Pilot’s Association (AOPA)
Piper M-Class Owners & Pilots Association (PMOPA)
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)

Accomplishments:

2024 Piper M-Class Owner’s and Pilots Association (PMOPA) Platnum MSIP Training provider
2014 Regional Certified Flight Instructor of the Year
2014 Master Flight Instructor awarded by the National Association of Flight Instructors
2009-2010 Leadership Academy Fellow, Parks College of Aviation at Saint Louis University
100% pass rate for flight student’s FAA check-rides for certificates and ratings
Eagle Scout