Master Instructors and the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators is pleased to welcome Thomas Slavonik of Pueblo West, Colorado, to the Community of Master Instructors with his First Accreditation as a Master Flight Instructor. Tom is a 4700-hour Gold Seal CFI/CFII/MEI/IGI with over 2000 hours of instruction given, including over 800 hours as a CFII. He instructs for Southern Colorado Flight Professionals at Pueblo and Fremont County Airports in Penrose and is a contract CFII for Professional Instrument Courses (PIC), with numerous 10-Day IFR Training Courses provided coast-to-coast including Maryland (inside the FRZ/SFRA). He is a member of SAFE, the Colorado Pilots Association and EAA Chapter 72 in Falcon, Colorado and is an active FAASTeam Representative for the Denver FSDO with monthly in-person safety seminars. Tom says: “I love the relationships that are forged with my students; some have been in place for many years now. I consider my profession as a Flight Instructor to be one of the most rewarding career choices a person can make. It’s quite difficult to reach a similar level of satisfaction in other professions. I look forward to many more years of Flight Instructing and working hard to help raise the bar in terms of Operational Excellence, Leadership and training the next generation of young aspiring Pilots to be the best ever!”