Paul Preidecker

Paul J. Preidecker has been involved in aviation training and education for over 35 years. His experience includes general aviation, business aviation, and airline training. Before retiring from a regional airline in 2019, Paul held positions of chief flight instructor, examiner, and captain. His broader aviation experience includes serving on a FAA Aviation Rulemaking Committee, facilitating the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee’s Standardized Curriculum Working Group for Part 135, and contributing as an invited speaker at the NTSB. In addition, he chaired the Flight Training Committee for the Regional Airline Association and served as co-chair for the Flight Operations Steering Committee at Bombardier. Paul recently retired as president of the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI).

Paul is Senior Vice-President of Communications for the National Flight Training Alliance. A frequent presenter at the World Aviation Training Summit (WATS) and the European Aviation Training Summit (EATS), he is also the moderator for the ab Initio track for those conferences. Paul contributes to the FAA Part 141 Modernization of Flight Training and DPE Mentoring workgroups. He also contributes articles to a variety of aviation publications. 

President of his own company, Paul works with training organizations to develop curriculum and best practices for more effective flight training.

Paul and his partner Susan are frequent international travelers. They enjoy living in Madison, Wisconsin and Fountain Hills, Arizona.