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Brian Boardman, Senior Aviation Analyst

Florida State University
Western Michigan University, 2000
Bachelor of Science, Aviation Flight Science

CERTIFICATIONS AND RATINGS
Airline Transport Pilot—Airplane, multi‑engine land; Commercial Privileges—Single Engine Land and Sea
Type Ratings—BE–400 (Beechjet/Hawker 400XP), IA–JET (IAI Westwind), Airbus A320
Flight Instructor Certificate—Gold Seal; Airplane single‑ and multi‑engine; Instrument‑Airplane
Ground Instructor Certificate—Instrument
FCC Radio Telephone Operators Permit

Mr. Boardman has over 10 years of professional aviation experience.  He began his pilot training at a Tulip City Air Service in 1996 before continuing his training as part of a degree program at Western Michigan University.  Mr. Boardman was invited to join a flight team, consistently recognized as one of the top three in the country, where he placed in his events at both regional and national competitions.  He also served as the strategy team leader for the university’s entry to Sunrayce (now called the American Solar Challenge), a cross‑country solar vehicle race.  Mr. Boardman’s duties included securing sponsorships, project budgeting, developing performance models, and weather forecasting.  In addition to these activities, he worked as the assistant director to a department on campus providing academic support services to the student body, where his marketing and rebranding efforts led to increased utilization and helped secure several grants for the department.  Mr. Boardman also spent a semester serving as an intern at United Airlines’ training center.

In April 2000, Mr. Boardman graduated from Western Michigan University Magna Cum Laude.  He received several of the highest honors bestowed to undergraduate students for his academic success, community involvement, and extracurricular activities.  One of these honors was awarded to 1 student per major, and another was only awarded to 2 students out of the nearly 30,000 enrolled at the university.

Following graduation, Mr. Boardman worked as a flight instructor at Western Michigan University, conducting instruction under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Parts 61 and 141.  He continued his own flight training to add instrument and multi‑engine instructor ratings to his certificate, as well as adding a seaplane rating to his pilot certificate.  Mr. Boardman made 56 initial practical test recommendations with 90 percent of the students passing the check on their first attempt.

Mr. Boardman served on the College of Aviation Safety committee, where he reviewed safety reports, analyzed policies, and conducted surveys to make recommendations for procedures to increase safety in a dense flight‑training environment.  He also contributed to the development of a flight‑training handbook.

In May 2004, Aerodynamics, Inc. (ADI) hired Mr. Boardman, where he began as the Manager of Corporate Publications.  His primary task was managing the content, revision, and distribution processes of over 23,000 pages of company manuals approved or accepted under 14 CFR Parts 121, 125, and 135.  Mr. Boardman worked closely with department managers and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors to ensure consistency of policies and procedures across manuals, as well as regulatory compliance of the content.  He also coordinated writing the manuals for a new Part 125 Operating Certificate for what was one of the largest corporate shuttle operations in the world.

While managing the publications department, Mr. Boardman flew a corporate Beech Baron and Pilatus PC–12 under 14 CFR Part 91.  He left his publications duties when offered a full‑time pilot position in a Beechjet 400A operating under Part 135.

Mr. Boardman returned to managerial duties to assist with adding an Airbus 319 to the company’s Part 121 Air Carrier Certificate.  He headed up the effort to migrate the Airbus Flight Crew Operating Manuals into Adobe FrameMaker using a structure that was compatible with the Airbus Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) schema.  Mr. Boardman then accepted the offer to fly a Westwind 1124A while he assisted with the application process for a new Part 135 certificate.

ADI used Mr. Boardman’s experience as a flight instructor to approve him as a company ground instructor.  He updated and redesigned the courseware before presenting the content to initial and recurrent pilot groups.

Mr. Boardman received his pilot training and type rating to fly the A319 under Part 121 supplemental regulations in 2009.  He served as a First Officer, Ground Security Coordinator, and Load Coordinator for corporate shuttle and charter operations throughout North America and the Caribbean.

Mr. Boardman began work with Phaneuf Associates Incorporated, doing business as PAI Consulting (PAI), in 2011 as a Senior Aviation Analyst.  He draws on his experience in technical writing, regulatory compliance, and flight operations to support government and industry clients in the aviation sector.  Mr. Boardman has provided meeting support for Aviation Rulemaking Committees, analyzed regulatory documents, and is currently drafting aviation regulations for a government client.