“I didn’t expect to win it again. I asked one of the judges why?
Well, apparently the gravity of winning the award last year caused me to up my game. I have been more active, more visible and doing more promotion of General Aviation in the public, in social media and of course at all the airports.
I was told I have a very good chance of being named National CFI of the Year.
Most of the help came from some excellent recommendation letters written by the following people:
Sonia Narvaez
Ben Baker
Zakhar Dikhtyar
Michael Harding
Corrie Bryant
Obie Young
Carlos Castenar
and several others.
I am honored to once again be the recipient of this title, and once again, hope to live up to it!
Thank you to all who participated in the GA Awards ceremony on Feb 5th, especially the volunteers:
Brent Moran, 2025 FAASTeam Rep of the Year
Alfonso Cartagena
Kathleen, Grace and Sophia Tenney
Obie Young
Bob Raskey
Randy Burke, FAA
Ron Timmermans
Bob Jex
And all the past CFI of the Year winners who attended:
Obie, Bob Jex, Ron, Steve Moore, Ed Comiskey, and Bob Raskey.
To all, THANK YOU!
John Will Tenney
CFI of the Year for Orlando FSDO, 2024 and 2025″