{"id":224,"date":"2011-12-12T10:45:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T18:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/?p=224"},"modified":"2011-12-12T10:45:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T18:45:54","slug":"new-instructor-in-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/new-instructor-in-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"New instructor in the house!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_225\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/JY-and-TJC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-225\" title=\"JY and TJC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/JY-and-TJC-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James and me, just after his checkride<\/p><\/div>\n<p>BIG congratulations are in order around here:\u00c2\u00a0 my buddy James just passed his Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) test!<\/p>\n<p>James has been flying here at Seattle Seaplanes for a few years now.\u00c2\u00a0He&#8217;s flown many of our scenic flights, and entertained his passengers every moment of the flight.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s been a pilot for\u00c2\u00a0his entire adult life, just about, and now he gets to add the initials &#8220;CFI&#8221; after his name!<\/p>\n<p>Becoming a flight instructor is a tough, but rewarding, process (or so they tell me &#8211; I&#8217;m just a dog, so I&#8217;m just going by what they tell me :-)\u00c2\u00a0 James stuck with it, and I think that&#8217;s just grand.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats, James, from your old pal &#8220;Turkey Lips&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0!!!!<\/p>\n<p>Come see all of us before 2011 comes to a close&#8230;.\u00c2\u00a0 and\/or make plans to see us in 2012!<\/p>\n<p><em>Cheers,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Toby James<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIG congratulations are in order around here:\u00c2\u00a0 my buddy James just passed his Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) test! James has been flying here at Seattle Seaplanes for a few years now.\u00c2\u00a0He&#8217;s flown many of our scenic flights, and entertained his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/new-instructor-in-the-house\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flight-training","category-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seattleseaplanes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}