Our Graduates

At Quantum, our students' success is a top priority. First and foremost, we promote their professional development by maintaining the highest standards of training. But we also help our students find employment by establishing and nurturing contacts within the helicopter community, and by staying abreast of market trends. The current demand for pilots is outpacing supply, and our graduates are entering — and succeeding in — one of the strongest job markets in years.

Although employment is not guaranteed, Quantum elects to hire almost all of its Certified Flight Instructor graduates for instructor positions. After building their experience and skill level, these pilots are eligible for a variety of jobs within the industry and around the world.

Where are they now?

Here's just a few examples of how our graduates have put the training they gained from Quantum Helicopters to use.

Name	Employer	Location
Judson Hubbard	Air Methods	Arizona
Luke Reker	EMS Air Methods	Arizona
Luke Miller	EMS Air Methods	Arizona
Matt Watson	Sundance Helicopters	Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
Jeff Thomasson	Chicago Helicopter Experience	Chicago, Illinois
Jake Hill	Sundance Helicopters	Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
Danny Gomez	Sundance Helicopters	Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
Aron Whitesell	Chopperguy News 3 TV	Phoenix, Arizona
Bethany Skaritka	Chicago Helicopter Experience	Chicago, Illinois
Logan Smith	Air Evac Lifeteam	Mesa, Arizona
Nick Dean	Helicoptes Inc	St. Louis, Missouri
Nathan Whitford	Air Methods	Arizona
Zack Deets	Papillon Helicopters	Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
Patrick Zahm	Papillon Helicopters	Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
Scott Higgins	Papillon Helicopters	Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
Jarrod Padilla	Sunrise Air Ambulance	Sholow, Arizona
Jason Nixon	PHI Air Medical	Phoenix, Arizona
Stephen Schumm	AMRG	South Jordan, Utah
Clayton Beckmann	Air Methods	Arizona
Dan Coon	EMS Air Methods	Arizona
Judson Hubbard	Air Methods	Arizona
Luke Reker	EMS Air Methods	Arizona
Luke Miller	EMS Air Methods	Arizona
Matt Watson	Sundance Helicopters	Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
Jeff Thomasson	Chicago Helicopter Experience	Chicago, Illinois
Jake Hill	Sundance Helicopters	Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
Danny Gomez	Sundance Helicopters	Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
Aron Whitesell	Chopperguy News 3 TV	Phoenix, Arizona
Bethany Skaritka	Chicago Helicopter Experience	Chicago, Illinois
Logan Smith	Air Evac Lifeteam	Mesa, Arizona
Nick Dean	Helicoptes Inc	St. Louis, Missouri
Nathan Whitford	Air Methods	Arizona
Zack Deets	Papillon Helicopters	Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
Patrick Zahm	Papillon Helicopters	Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
Scott Higgins	Papillon Helicopters	Las Vegas/Grand Canyon
Jarrod Padilla	Sunrise Air Ambulance	Sholow, Arizona
Jason Nixon	PHI Air Medical	Phoenix, Arizona
Stephen Schumm	AMRG	South Jordan, Utah
Clayton Beckmann	Air Methods	Arizona
Dan Coon	EMS Air Methods	Arizona
Bruce Haffner	a pilot and on-air personality for Channel 3, KTVK Phoenix
Terry Cook	an air ambulance pilot
Matt Arnsberg	air ambulance pilot for Native Air
Kirk Flake	airambulance, Airevac
Paul Hightower	a production test pilot for the Boeing AH-64D Longbow attack helicopter (and the only non-military-trained pilot at the Mesa, Arizona plant)
Paul Alukonis	a corporate pilot with Westcor Aviation in Scottsdale
Stefan Hiltbrunner	a long-line pilot for Construction Helicopters
Robert Rappaport	a test pilot/instructor pilot for MD Helicopters
Captain Leo Eggert, Gary Bunting, Bruce Helpie and Jeff Violanti	Toledo Police Department in Ohio
Chris DiDiego	a lead pilot for Papillon Helicopters in Las Vegas
Chris Allen	pilot for dinner and charter flights in the Phoenix area
Ken Hadzima and Joe LeBrecque	pilots with Air Logistics
Ryan Kirwan	Airevac
Feyd Carroll	ERA
Gary McCoskey	Airevac
Bram DeRoeck	chief pilot with Speedy Kopters, flying police contracts in the Caribbean
Mike Miller	pilot for KARE TV in Minneapolis
Anne Lathrop	Papillon tours
Jared Davis	PHI training department

Graduation Date	Name	Rating	Instructor
11/30/2018	Shi, Yantao-Leon	IFR	Timothy A.
11/30/2018	Ryan Bos	IFR	Arun K.
11/30/2018	Li, Juwei-David	IFR	Arun K.
11/30/2018	Wang, Bo-Bruce	IFR	Tim B.
11/24/2018	Luo, Chen-Roger	IFR	Tim B.
11/23/2018	Tang, Yuchang-Harry	IFR	Luis R.
11/23/2018	Chen, Bo-Jason	IFR AO	Cliff D.
11/16/2018	Javier Cobian	CFII	Gehrig S.
11/16/2018	Wei, Zhirui-Victor	IFR	Arun K.
11/09/2018	Gan, Yongxiang-Anthony	IFR	Justin D.
11/09/2018	Peng, Cheng-William	Comm	Kolton V.
11/09/2018	Wu, Long-Victor	IFR	Luis S.
11/05/2018	Fang, Xiuyu-Hugh	Comm	Tim A.
11/02/2018	Ray Hesser	CFI	Luis R.
11/02/2018	Ma, Shuai-Evan	Comm	Tim B.
11/02/2018	Tang, Yizhuo-Joe	Comm	Kolton V.
11/02/2018	Xue, Wenhao-Will	Comm	Tim A.

Graduation Date	Name	Rating	Instructor
10/31/2018	Jia, Zhenlei-Dean	Comm	Tim B.
10/31/2018	Yang, Shuo-Simon	Comm	Triston C.
10/30/2018	Zhao, Lira-Gary	Comm	Luis R.
10/26/2018	Wang, Fanguyan-Martin	Comm	Triston C.
10/26/2018	Hu, Xin-Sam	Comm	Arun A.
10/26/2018	Liu, Dinger-Will	Comm	Triston C.
10/25/2018	Ling, Ruiyi-Bruce	Comm	Tim A.
10/23/2018	Karsen Estelle	Comm	Kolton V.
10/22/2018	Qian, Qianghua-Aaron	Comm	Triston C.
10/22/2018	Li, Ang-Leon	Comm	Jose C.
10/22/2018	Zhou, Chenglei-Charlie	Comm	Jose C.
10/17/2018	Yang, Simin-Sim	Comm	Jose C.
10/05/2018	Scott Hopkins	CFII	Justin D.

Graduation Date	Name	Rating	Instructor
09/21/2018	Antonio Serda	CFII	Justin D.
09/14/2018	Javier Cobian	CFI	Justin D.
09/13/2018	Peng, Cheng-William	IFR	Luis R.
09/11/2018	Wang, Yining-Terry	Private	Triston C.
09/05/2018	Yang, Shuo-Simon	IFR	Luis R.
09/03/2018	Jia, Zhenlei-Dean	IFR	Josh C.
09/01/2018	Jose Covarrubias	CFII	Josh C.
09/01/2018	Hu, Xin-Sam	IFR	Josh C.

Graduation Date	Name	Rating	Instructor
08/31/2018	Triston Covington	CFII	Josh C.
08/30/2018	Zhao,Liran-Gary	IFR	Clayton B.
08/27/2018	Fang, Xiuyu-Hugh	IFR	Timothy A.
08/24/2018	Tim Brennan	CFII	Justin D.
08/22/2018	Ma, Shuai-Evan	IFR	Gehrig S.
08/22/2018	Chintan Hossain	Comm	Jose C.
08/21/2018	Liu, Dinger-Will	IFR	Gehrig S.
08/18/2018	Scott Hopkins	CFI	Justin D.
08/17/2018	Adam Richards	Comm	Jose C.
08/11/2018	Andrew Sowienski	Comm	Gehrig S.
08/10/2018	Keith Pyers	IFR	Gehrig S.

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