Jason Schappert
Born (1988-05-23) May 23, 1988
Baltimore, Maryland
Occupation(s)Founder of MzeroA.com, entrepreneur
Years active2007–present
Height6’4 [1]

Jason Schappert is an American pilot and entrepreneur. Schappert is a CFII and ATP rated pilot, founder of MzeroA.com, and author of eight aviation flight training books. Schappert was named AOPA's Top Collegiate Flight Instructor in 2008, Outstanding Flight Instructor of 2014 and 2015, has amassed over 8000 hours of in-flight instruction since learning how to fly, and produces MzeroA.com's Online Ground School.[2][3]

Personal life

In 2007, Schappert, as an eighteen-year-old aviation student at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, saved a drowning man from the icy water of Long Pond.[4][5] He received a Carnegie Medal[6] and was written into the congressional record.[7] He was named National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) Top Collegiate Flight Instructor in 2008 and 2012.[8] In 2009, he created a program called Future Pilots Flight Academy for aviation-minded youth in conjunction with the Discovery Science Center.[9]

Jason was married to Ashley Schappert, divorcing in 2021.[10][11] Later, Jason was married to Magda Schappert.[12]

Career

In 2010, Schappert, teamed with Swiss flyer Vincent Lambercy, flew a Cessna 150 on a round-trip Flight Across America from Daytona Beach, Florida to Catalina Island, California and back. Funds raised from the trip were used to promote general aviation.[13][14]

Schappert and his team flew around the U.S. in 2014 on the Good Pilot Tour, one of their many stops was at the Southeast Aviation Expo.[15]

He was named an AOPA Regional Outstanding Flight Instructor of the year in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.[16][17]

His company, MzeroA, was named one of Grow Florida's '2017 Florida Companies to Watch Honorees'.[18] MzeroA.com was named in the Inc. 500's 2017 top growing private companies as #230.[19] Schappert was then asked to speak at Tampa Techstars Start Up week on the topic titled “How I Turned an Online Course Into an Inc 500 Company”[20] In 2019 MzeroA was named Inc Magazines "Best Place To Work"[21]

Schappert produced the Flying Again film[22] featuring rusty pilots who have not flown for two to thirty years. This was then featured on the TV series The Aviators.[23] In the movie Schappert flew with Ariel Tweto from the Discovery Chanel series Flying Wild Alaska in an effort to get her back FAA current in her aviation career .[24]

In 2018 Schappert and MzeroA we're named the 108th most entrepreneurial company in America.[25]

In 2019 Schappert’s company MzeroA tied for the top Online Ground School led by its interactive learning style.[26]

In 2021 Schappert partnered with the University of Arizona Forbes School of Business and Technology to deliver his aviation training courses making MzeroA the largest provider of manned and unmanned aircraft training.[27]

Schappert has a flight training YouTube channel where he regularly posts flight training videos geared towards knowledge and safety.[28]

Bibliography

  • Pass Your Private Pilot Checkride 2.0 (ISBN 978-1456310103) (2010)
  • Pass Your Instrument Pilot Checkride (ISBN 978-1456328719) (2011)
  • Aviation Acronyms (Pilots Recipe for Success Series) (ISBN 978-1460974865) (2011)
  • The FAR/AIM in Plain English (ISBN 978-1479118342) (2012)
  • Inflight Emergencies (ISBN 978-0615687858) (2012)
  • The Airplane Flying Handbook (ISBN 978-0615628455) (2012)
  • Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (ISBN 978-0615623184) (2012)
  • The Secret to Perfect Landings (ISBN 978-0615841069) (2013)
  • The Private Pilot Blueprint: A Roadmap To Your Private Pilot Certificate (ISBN 978-0692231104) (2014)
  • Aviation Mastery ISBN 9798985397017 (2022)

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Flying Again MovieHimselfFlight instructor

References

  1. ↑ "Size—and Safety—Matters".
  2. ↑ Godlewski, Meg (6 November 2014). "MZero Aviation: A new kind of online ground school". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Today's Flight Plan". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Byrnes, Joe (21 March 2007). "Rescue earns West Port graduate angel wings". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Lakeville rescue Feb. 11, 2007". YouTube.
  6. ↑ "Ocala man given Carnegie Hero Medal". 20 December 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Congressional Record". 26 July 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Jackson University". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  9. ↑ Kossick, Betty (29 September 2009). "Flying instructor shares passion with youth". Ocala Star Banner. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "IN RE: The Marriage of: JASON M. SCHAPPERT, Husband, and ASHLEY H. SCHAPPERT, Wife Case No 2018-DR-3014-FG" (PDF). frontrunner-mccc.s3.amazonaws.com. 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Jamie Beckett (29 December 2015). "An aviation movie for the rest of us — General Aviation News". generalaviationnews.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  12. ↑ Heaton, Emma (2 February 2023). "Four-day Naples Automotive Experience kicks off with a lineup of exotic cars". WINK News. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Social Media Leads To Project To Promote GA For All - AVweb flash Article". www.avweb.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "'Flying Across America' to promote GA in Cessna 150". AOPA.com. AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "Good Pilot Tour.Com at Southeast Aviation Expo - South Carolina Aviation Association". scaaonline.com. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "AOPA ANNOUNCES 2014 FLIGHT TRAINING EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS". www.aopa.org. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Flight Training Magazine". aopa.org. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  18. ↑ "2017 Honorees - GrowFL". GrowFL. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  19. ↑ "The Complete Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Companies of 2017". Inc.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  20. ↑ "Jason Schappert's schedule for Techstars Startup Week Tampa Bay 2018". techstarsstartupweektampabay2018.sched.com. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  21. ↑ "Inc. Best Workplaces".
  22. ↑ "Flying Again Movie -". flyingagainmovie.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  23. ↑ "Episode Guide | The Aviators". 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  24. ↑ "UPDATE: What Happened to Ariel Tweto?". Disciples of Flight. 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  25. ↑ "Entrepreneur Company Profile". Entrepreneur.
  26. ↑ OConnor, Kate (2019-07-08). "PPL Training Courses: Sporty's, MzeroA Top". Aviation Consumer. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  27. ↑ Press (2021-01-25). "The University of Arizona Global Campus and MzeroA Announce Partnership". sUAS News - The Business of Drones. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  28. ↑ "MzeroA Flight Training - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
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