Thomas Walter Handzlik - Airline Transport Pilot, Flight Instructor, Flight Engineer

Thomas Handzlik is an FAA-certified pilot, flight instructor, and flight engineer based in Midlothian, TX. Thomas Walter Handzlik holds a Airline Transport Pilot certificate with Airplane Multi-Engine Land (AMEL), Rotorcraft Helicopter, and Airplane Single-Engine Land (ASEL) ratings. This certificate includes type ratings for the BH-222, Cessna Citation 500 Series (CE-500), CE-650, Bombardier Challenger 600 Series (CL-600), EA-500, British Aerospace BAe 125/Hawker 800 (HS-125), and Learjet (LR-JET), authorizing the holder to serve as pilot in command of these aircraft types. The Airline Transport Pilot certificate is the highest level of pilot certification issued by the FAA, authorizing the holder to act as pilot in command of scheduled airline operations and any aircraft for which they hold a type rating. ATP certification requires a minimum of 1,500 hours of total flight time and passing rigorous written and practical examinations. Thomas holds a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) certificate with Rotorcraft Helicopter and Instrument Helicopter ratings. A Certified Flight Instructor certificate authorizes the holder to provide flight training to student and certificated pilots, including ground and flight instruction, solo endorsements, practical test endorsements, and biennial flight reviews. Thomas holds a Flight Engineer certificate with Turbojet rating. This certificate authorizes the holder to serve as a flight engineer on aircraft that require a flight engineer as part of the flight crew. Their most recent FAA medical certificate is a Second Class medical, valid through April 2026. The FAA airman records for Thomas Handzlik are tracked and verified by AviatorDB.