Our team · PAS Flight Training

A small team with a single standard

PAS Flight Training, operated by Preferred Aircraft Services in Upland, California, is a specialist team dedicated to one thing: training owners and pilots of high-performance aircraft, one-on-one, in their own aircraft.

Who we are

Specialists in high-performance aircraft training

PAS Flight Training was founded on a simple belief: pilots learn their aircraft best in their aircraft. Rather than running a training centre, our instructors travel to clients across the United States and deliver structured ground school and flight training at their home airport.

The team is deliberately small. Every client trains directly with a senior instructor, every course is tailored to the pilot and the aircraft, and every program is built to meet the requirements of major aviation insurers.

From our base at Cable Airport in Upland, California, we serve owner-pilots, professional crews and flight departments flying turboprop, twin and high-performance piston aircraft, in the United States and internationally across Europe, Australia and Asia.

PAS at a glance

The team

Meet the people behind PAS

Kenneth Petschow

Director of Flight Training

Kenneth Petschow

Airline Transport Pilot, CFI and A&P mechanic with nearly four decades of airline, corporate and charter experience.

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Joerg Geschke

Flight Instructor

Joerg Geschke

FAA Commercial Pilot and CFI with EASA qualifications and experience in more than 100 aircraft types.

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What we stand for

The principles behind every course

Personal service

You deal directly with your instructor from the first call to the final logbook entry. No call centres, no handoffs.

Disciplined standards

Structured procedures and scenario-based training, bringing an airline operations standard to private and corporate flying.

Safety first

Every program is designed to meet and exceed insurance requirements and to prepare you for the unexpected.