Instructors
We have over 50 highly qualified and specialised instructors in our training team. They are all professional pilots – most of them still working for major airlines – with many years of theory and practical experience in air transportation.
Our instructors’ passion and preparation in teaching the culture of flying guarantees a top quality training in which every student is closely monitored and supported.
Flight instructors
Head of Training
Capt. Renzo Gasparrini
Capt. Renzo Gasparrini
Head of Training
Flight instructor
- Type of Licence: ATPL
- Total flight hours: more than 17000
- Professional experience: CFI Alitalia Flight Academy Alghero PA42, Captain TRI/TRE Boing 777
- Type Ratings: Boing 777/787
- Class Rating: SEP MEP
- Abilitation courses related to aviation: FI IRI MCCI TRI TRE MPLI
Chief Flight Instructor
Capt. Giuseppe Diana
Capt. Giuseppe Diana
Chief Flight Instructor
Flight instructor
- Job Title outside the ATO: Alitalia First Officer
- Type of Licence: ATPL
- Total flight hours: more than 17000
- Type Ratings: Airbus 330
- Class Ratings: SEP MEP
- Abilitation courses related to aviation: FI, IRI, CRI, MPLI
- Curiosity: play the piano
Chief Theoretical Knowledge Instructor
Gen. Giuseppe D’Accolti
Gen. Giuseppe D’Accolti
Chief Theoretical Knowledge Instructor
Flight instructor
- Type of Licence: CPL
- Total flight hours: more than 5.000
- Professional experience: Flight Instructor at the Aeronautical Academy for over 12 years; Director of Department at the Comando Generale della Scuola and Stato Maggiore dell’Aeronautica. Commander of the 61st Wing on Aermacchi MB326, 339, 346 aircraft. Test Pilot for the Aermacchi line and military flight examiner. Pilot, instructor and examiner for VDS aircraft.
- Class Ratings: SEP
- Abilitation courses related to aviation: FI, Arobatic Flight
- Curiosity: “Since I was a child I loved spending some time with my nose up, watching the flight of birds and the clouds that ran”.
Deputy Head of Training
Capt. Angelo Fulgenzi
Capt. Angelo Fulgenzi
Deputy Head of Training
Flight instructor
- Type of Licence: ATPL
- Total flight hours: more than 12000
- Professional experience: 20 years in Babcock Mission Critical Service as Canadair air fire fighting captain with responsibility of Head of Training, Crew Training Postholder, and Type Rating Examiner
- Type Ratings: Canadair CL-415
- Class Ratings: SEP – MEP
- Abilitation courses related to aviation: FI IRI CRI CRE FE IRE CRE TRE MCCI MPLI
- Additional qualifications: sailplanes instructor
- Curiosity: “keep a low profile!”
Deputy Chief Flight Instructor
Pil. Carlo Ciabattini
Pil. Carlo Ciabattini
Deputy Chief Flight Instructor
Flight instructor
- Type of Licence: CPL IR
- Total flight hours: more than 1400
- Professional experience: Skymaster Alitalia Cadet Pilot
- Class Ratings: SEP MEP
- Abilitation courses related to aviation: FI FII MPLI AUPRTI
- Additional qualifications: Alitalia MPLI
- Curiosity: most loved among women!
Flight Instructor – Standard Group
Pil. Luigi Amoroso
Pil. Luigi Amoroso
Flight Instructor – Standard Group
Flight instructor
- Type of Licence: CPL
- Total flight hours: more than 13000
- Professional experience: Flight Instructor in several flight academies
- Class Ratings: SEP MEP
- Abilitation courses related to aviation: FI IRI CRI FII CRE MPLI
Flight Instructor
Pil. Gianluca Basile
Pil. Gianluca Basile
Flight Instructor
Flight instructor
- Type of Licence: CPL
- Total flight hours: More than 300
- Class Ratings: SEP MEP
- Abilitation courses related to aviation: FI
- Professional experience: theoretical knowledge instructor
Flight Instructor
Pil. James Bec
Pil. James Bec
Flight Instructor
Flight instructor
- Job Title outside the ATO: Ryanair First Officer
- Type of Licence: ATPL frozen
- Total flight hours: more than 3500
- Class Ratings: SEP, MEP, IR ME SP
- Abilitation courses related to aviation: FI CRI IRI
Theoretical Instructors
Methereology T.K.I.
Sergio Calabrese
Sergio Calabrese
Methereology T.K.I.
Theoretical instructor
- Subjects: AERONAUTICAL METEOROLOGY, FLIGHT PLANNING.
- Professional experience: Aeronautical Meteorology and Flight Planning Instructor at Pilot and Flight Technician Training Centers. Author of texts on Meteorology and Aeronautical Climatology. Member of IATA Aviation Meteorology Committee, IATA Spokesman / Chief Observer Commissions of Aeronautical Meteorology and Climatology of the World Meteorological Organization. Head of the Regulations and Government Entities Reports Office and Head of the Navigation and Route Documentation Body – Flight Operations Division. Former Officer of the Meteorological Service of the Italian Air Force – Meteorologist.
Airlaw T.K.I.
Danilo Cataldi
Danilo Cataldi
Airlaw T.K.I.
Theoretical instructor
- Subjects: AIRLAW, FLIGHT PLANNING.
- Type of Licence: ATPL
- Total flight hours: more than 18700
- Professional experience: active ATPL Pilot, employed in Alitalia since 1997, presently flying as FO and SIC; current Type Rating+IR on B777, together with ETOPS and NAT-HLA qualifications. Airlaw teacher at De Pinedo Technical Aviation Institute of Rome. In 2011 appointed Technical Pilot and then Safety Manager for the B777 fleet. Graduated “with Distinction” Naval Aviator and Navy Helicopter Pilot with the US Navy in 1986.
Human Performance
Gen. Giuseppe D’Accolti
Gen. Giuseppe D’Accolti
Human Performance
Theoretical instructor
- Type of Licence: CPL
- Total flight hours: more than 5.000
- Professional experience: Flight Instructor at the Aeronautical Academy for over 12 years; Director of Department at the Comando Generale della Scuola and Stato Maggiore dell’Aeronautica. Commander of the 61st Wing on Aermacchi MB326, 339, 346 aircraft. Test Pilot for the Aermacchi line and military flight examiner. Pilot, instructor and examiner for VDS aircraft.
- Class Ratings: SEP
- Abilitation courses related to aviation: FI, Arobatic Flight
- Curiosity: “Since I was a child I loved spending some time with my nose up, watching the flight of birds and the clouds that ran”.
PPL Course
Pil. Gianluca Basile
Pil. Gianluca Basile
PPL Course
Theoretical instructor
- Type of Licence: CPL
- Total flight hours: More than 300
- Class Ratings: SEP MEP
- Abilitation courses related to aviation: FI
- Professional experience: theoretical knowledge instructor
PPL Course
Pil. Alessandro Greco
Pil. Alessandro Greco
PPL Course
Theoretical instructor
- Type of Licence: ATPL Frozen / CPL
- Total flight hours: More than 450
- Class Ratings: SEP MEP
- Abilitation courses related to aviation: FI
- Curiosity: He loves scuba diving
A.G.K. and Instruments T.K.I.
Attilio Iacobini
Attilio Iacobini
A.G.K. and Instruments T.K.I.
Theoretical instructor
- Subjects: ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, RADIONAVIGATION, AIRFRAME, SYSTEMS & EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT (AGK)
- Professional experience: former Alitalia Crew Technical Instructor; DC10 MD80, MD11 A319-320-321 B777 Type Rating Instructor; professional training courses for Mc DONNELL DOUGLAS, BOEING and AIRBUS INDUSTRIES aircraft manufacturers.
O.P. and Human Factor T.K.I.
Francesco Labozzetta
Francesco Labozzetta
O.P. and Human Factor T.K.I.
Theoretical instructor
- Subjects: OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES, HUMAN FACTORS, FLIGHT PLANNING
- Professional experience: former Air Industria Flight Operation Postholder; more than 15 years as Alitalia Captain (15000hrs); more than 20 years of career as Navy Captain of aircraft and ship.
English Language T.K.I.
Gianpiero Malnati
Gianpiero Malnati
English Language T.K.I.
Theoretical instructor
- Subjects: AVIATION ENGLISH
- Professional experience: Since 1997 Cabin Crew Attestation (EU – OPS) issued by British Airways PLC in accordance with EASA – CC Airbus A380 – Boeing 787 / 777. Teacher of Aviation English TEA Certification – Mayflower College, Plymouth UK – 2016 course of study in accordance with ICAO standards and procedures in the teaching of English for aviation personnel. Cambridge ESOL Level 5* Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages CELTA (Grade B) Stanton School of Languages London. C.N.N.A. Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management (Institute of Personnel and Development) Thames Valley University.
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