Richard William Siegfried - Airline Transport Pilot, Flight Instructor, Flight Engineer

Richard Siegfried is an FAA-certified pilot, flight instructor, and flight engineer based in Downers Grove, IL. Richard William Siegfried holds a Airline Transport Pilot certificate with Airplane Multi-Engine Land (AMEL), Airplane Single-Engine Land (ASEL), Airplane Single-Engine Sea (ASES), Rotorcraft Helicopter, and Glider ratings. This certificate includes type ratings for the Airbus A320 (A-320), Boeing 737 (B-737), Boeing 747-400 (B-747-4), Boeing 757 (B-757), Boeing 767 (B-767), Boeing 777 (B-777), Cessna Citation 500 Series (CE-500), DC-3, G-TBM, 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. Richard holds a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) certificate with Airplane Single and Multi-Engine, Instrument Airplane, Rotorcraft Helicopter, and Glider 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. Richard 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 July 2026. The FAA airman records for Richard Siegfried are tracked and verified by AviatorDB.