I'm Swayne Martin, and I'm an editor at Boldmethod.
I'm an Embraer 145 First Officer at a large Part 121 Regional Airline in the United States and a former Mokulele Airlines pilot in Hawaii. I hold an Airline Transport Pilot's Certificate along with a Certified Flight Instructor's Certificate (CFII). In addition, I graduated from the University of North Dakota's Aerospace College in 2018 and hold a PIC Type Rating for Cessna Citation Jets (CE-525).
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