In this COPA safety seminar on mountain flying, we will focus on an introduction of how to fly over and through the mountains safely. This overview is not designed to replace specific flying training when we go mountain flying but rather to demonstrate why this training is so necessary for safe mountain operations in many parts of Canada.

In this session, we will be joined by our COPA Safety Program title sponsor, Garmin who will highlight specific Garmin-features across their product-line that relate to mountain flying.

About Peter Campbell, Director, External Relations, COPA
Peter brings a wealth of aviation experiences to COPA that spans a flying career covering 50 years as both a General Aviation private, commercial and instructor pilot and an RCAF Pilot and flight crew member.

Prior to joining COPA, Peter's latest GA experience spanned eleven years as a flight instructor with a primary base at the Ottawa Flying Club. From 2019 to 2021 he was both the General Manager and Chief Flying Instructor of this Ontario Colleges Approved Flight Training Unit and Flying Club. Peter also has extensive RPAS experience as both a commercial drone pilot and an RCAF RPAS/UAV mission commander and pilot.

About Joey Ferreyra​​​​​​​, Garmin Aviation Sales and Customer Experience Manager​​​​​​​
Joey Ferreyra dreams of somehow flying aircraft every day while also being home every evening with his wife and children for dinner. As a commercial pilot, Joey enjoys serving aircraft owners as part of the Garmin Aviation team. Over the past decade, he has played a pivotal role in the transition of the marketing of products from the GNS and G1000 to the modern-day product line available today, including the award-winning Garmin Autoland technology. And he’s recently realized his dream of becoming an aircraft owner after 5+ years of building an RV-10 with his father.