Flight Instructor · PAS Flight Training

Mark Shaw

Commercial pilot and Certified Flight Instructor (CFI, CFII, MEI) with more than 770 flight hours, training pilots one-on-one with PAS Flight Training.

Mark Shaw, Flight Instructor at PAS Flight Training

About Mark

Safe, practical training,
delivered one-on-one

Mark is a commercial pilot with single- and multi-engine instrument privileges, and a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI, CFII, MEI) with more than 770 flight hours, over 640 of them as pilot in command. He is also an Advanced and Instrument Ground Instructor.

He provides flight and ground instruction with a focus on safe, practical pilot training, and brings Part 91 experience in the Piper PA-46 family, including left- and right-seat flying in piston and turboprop variants. A former 911 EMT, he brings sound judgment, clear communication and composure under pressure to every lesson.

At a glance

Certificates & ratings

Pilot, instructor and ground instructor ratings

Pilot certificates

Commercial Pilot & CFI

  • Commercial Pilot – Airplane Single-Engine Land, Multi-Engine Land, Instrument Airplane
  • Flight Instructor – Airplane Single-Engine (CFI), Instrument Airplane (CFII), Multi-Engine (MEI)
  • Ground Instructor – Advanced (AGI), Instrument (IGI)
  • Endorsements – High-Altitude, High-Performance, Complex Airplane
  • FAA First-Class Medical issued March 2025; Third-Class privileges through March 2027

Experience

770.2 flight hours

  • Flight Instructor, March 2026 to present
  • 641.2 hours as pilot in command
  • 259.0 hours cross-country · 87.1 hours night
  • 80.2 hours multi-engine · 44.5 hours turbine
  • 77.0 hours dual given
  • Part 91 flying in the Piper PA-46 family, piston and turboprop
  • B.S. Aviation, Professional Pilot, Liberty University (expected 2027) · SkyWest Airlines Pilot Pathway Cadet

Flight hours as of October 8, 2026

Aircraft experience

Piston, turboprop and multi-engine experience

Mark’s experience ranges from training aircraft to the Piper PA-46 family and the King Air.

Piper

PA-46 – 128.6 hrs
PA-46 turboprop (P46T) – 10.1 hrs

Cessna

172 – 327.6 hrs

Sling

Sling 2 – 185.8 hrs

Beechcraft

Duchess (BE-76) – 55.4 hrs
King Air (BE-20) – 6.4 hrs