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Title:
Using Artificial Intelligence in Flight Planning - Bob Reynolds - May Safety Meeting at PWK by CEPA
Topic:
Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Flight Planning and Debriefing
Date and Time:
Wednesday, May 27, 2026, starting at 19:00 Central Daylight Time Download Calendar File
Speaker(s):
Bob Reynolds
Brief Description:

Bob will explain how to use Generative AI to create an actual, stressful fight plan using ChatGPT for a weather briefing for the Go/No Go decision. Also planning to share two other scenarios: a ChatGPT session was used to debrief on a NORDO situation in Atlanta, and then hypothesize with the system to plan for a similar situation taking off IFR from KPWK. This new, rapidly evolving technology is helpful but challenging, and occasionally seductively wrong!

Speaker Bio: Bob Reynolds

Bob Reynolds is a Chicago-based SR22T pilot based at KDPA with 2,400+ hours and landings at 496 airports. A Guinness World Record holder (48 states in 38:13 with John Skittone), he has landed at all major Class B airports and flown to the northernmost point of North America—Barrow, Alaska—circling many of the nation’s most iconic landmarks at low altitude along the way. He is currently planning a transatlantic flight this July. Now he applies AI and ChatGPT to flight planning, debriefing, and smarter decision-making.

Select Number:
GL03144475
Location of Seminar:
Harper College - Prospect Heights
1375 S Wolf Road

Prospect Heights, IL 60070
Directions to Venue:

Harper College, Prospect Heights campus sits on the east side of Wolf Rd., about ¼ mile south of Chicago Executive Airport. There’s plenty of parking available.

This event is 2 hours.


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Fly-in Seminar?:
No
Seating:
100 seats at the facility, 100 for online registration.
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Registration Information:
Sponsoring Division:
Great Chicago FSDO, FAASTeam
Contact Information:
Michael Baraz
Phone: (630) 781-8890
Programs@PWKpilots.org
Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):

The purpose of the CEPA Safety Education Program is to promote flying, proficiency, and safety and create a community of pilots willing to share their perspectives, provide recognition, foster communications, promote safety, and build proficiency in instrument flying. Please participate in this excellent forum where we think through the various options from the comfort of your chair, firmly on the ground... before it is you sitting in the cockpit!

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Equal Access Information:
The FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) is committed to providing equal access to this meeting/event for all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability, please communicate your request as soon as possible with the person in the “Contact Information” area of the meeting/event notice. Note that two weeks is usually required to arrange services.
Credit Applicability:
Advanced WINGS
1 Credit for Advanced Knowledge Topic 1
1 Credit for Advanced Knowledge Topic 2
FAASTeam Project Information:
National Project:
Any other Operations task not covered in the NPP
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