Aviation Consultant Information

The experts at Aviation Litigation Consulting are what make the difference. Below is a summary of the qualifications and experience of our aviation professionals.

pilot consultant:

Captain Dan Stratman is the pilot consultant for Aviation Litigation Consulting. Over 30 years and 13,000 hours of flight time from combined experience as an airline pilot, Air Force pilot, and general aviation pilot insure that the advice you receive is based on real world experience and not just theory. More...

alaska/ntsb/helicopter consultant:

Matt Thomas has an aviation background that is hard to match. His wealth of experience covers such diverse areas as: Alaska, the NTSB, the FAA, helicopters, maintenance, Coast Guard and National Guard, major airlines, and corporate aviation. Mr. Thomas is ALC’s Alaskan aviation expert. He has spent many years flying and maintaining aircraft in this unique and challenging environment in fixed-wing and rotary-winged aircraft. Matt has investigated numerous accidents throughout Alaska and has an intimate knowledge of the region.  More...

helicopter/ems consultant:

Tim McAdams brings years of experience and knowledge to the team as ALC's helicopter consultant. He is both a helicopter pilot and a fixed wing pilot. Tim has been a certified flight instructor for helicopters for 27 years with more than 10,000 hours of flight time. Mr. McAdams holds the highest FAA license (an ATP) for both fixed-wing and rotor-wing aircraft.  More...

business jet/corporate aviation consultant:

Alex McNeer brings years of experience in corporate aviation to Aviation Litigation Consulting as its business jet expert. Alex has been a pilot for over 20 years with more than 8,500 hours of flight time. He holds an ATP and type ratings for a Boeing 757 – 767, Gulfstream 500 series and 400 series, Global Express and Falcon 2000. Alex has a wealth of experience in part 91, part 135 and part 125 operations. More...

air traffic control consultant:

Jim Bordoni is an air traffic control consultant and pilot with an impressive and varied background in aviation. Following military service in the U.S. Army, which included a tour of Vietnam, Jim joined the FAA in 1971 as an air traffic controller. Following two years in Salina, Kansas and Des Moines, Iowa, Jim settled into the duties as a tower and radar approach controller at St. Louis International Airport, a high density and complex air traffic facility. During his seven years at St. Louis tower, he also did one-year assignments as both a procedures development and training specialist. More...

aircraft maintenance/airport consultant:

Dr. Philip Bos is the General Aviation aircraft maintenance consultant for Aviation Litigation Consulting. He has over 30 years and over 3,000 hours in general aviation aircraft from light tail draggers to corporate jets. Dr. Bos is a FAA certified airframe and power plant mechanic with an inspection authorization rating. His maintenance experience extends from the small fabric covered aircraft to corporate jets as well as the Boeing 737. More...

aircraft accident investigation consultant:

Fred Schieszer, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Aviation at the University of Central Missouri has spent most of his adult life in the field of aviation.  After graduation from high school he worked at a small general aviation airport doing aircraft maintenance, line service, airport maintenance, and providing secure storage for aircraft which were held by insurance companies pending litigation or disposal.  During this time he became interested in what caused the planes to crash.  As a pilot, this was a natural extension of his undergraduate college studies in Psychology where he specialized in ergonomics, aircrew mission and task organization. More...