Shannon Davis:  

Life After leaving High School in 1980, I began full time flying for Golden Bear Aviation in Novato. From 1982 to 1983, I was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in British Columbia, Canada. After my return to the states, I studied at Northrop University in L.A. and received my Flight Engineer Turbojet rating in 1983. I then flew for the California Department of Forestry as an Air Attack Pilot (aka Water Bombers). I left the CDF to work for Westair Airlines in Chico. Somewhere between flights, I met Suzanne, and we were married in DEC 1984. In 1985, I was hired by PSA, and based in SFO. In 1987, we moved to Modesto and built our first home while Suzanne was in college. PSA was bought by US Airways in 1987, and in 1992, after Suzanne graduated, we were transferred to Charlotte, NC. We left California nervous, excited...and pregnant! Chris may have been born in the Carolina's, but he was made in California (and no, none of us has developed a Southern accent). I am now a senior Captain and Check Airman with US Airways flying the Airbus 320. I work in the flight training department as a supervisor, instructor and evaluator. As a Check Airman, I train pilots new to the aircraft in addition to conducting simulator and flight evaluations for our current pilots. Besides spending considerable time in our flight simulators (think of a $30 million dollar full motion and sound XBOX), I also travel throughout North America while conducting operational line checks for our previously qualified Captains. It is nice that I'm afforded the chance each month to fly a 3 day trip as a normal line Captain without any Check Airman duties attached - it is a nice break from the intensity of the simulators and evaluations to step back a...Expand for more