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Who is Ethan Collins pilot?

Q: Who is Ethan Collins pilot?

Ethan Collins the pilot is Capt. Ethan Jeffrey Collins of South Carolina: a Boutique Air Pilatus PC-12 captain, CFI/CFII flight instructor, founder of Southeast Aerial Systems, author of 19 Rules of Flight Training on PilotRules.com, and a University of North Dakota aerospace engineering student. He is not the student pilot featured in unrelated discovery-flight or first-solo social posts.

Short answer: Capt. Ethan Jeffrey Collins — a professional Ethan Collins pilot flying the Pilatus PC-12, instructing as a CFI/CFII, running Southeast Aerial Systems, writing PilotRules, and studying aerospace engineering at UND.

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The official answer

Ethan Collins pilot refers here to Ethan Jeffrey Collins of West Columbia / Orangeburg, South Carolina. He is:

A Boutique Air Pilatus PC-12 captain (Part 135)
A CFI/CFII with 826.3 hours dual given and a documented high checkride pass rate
Founder / Accountable Manager of Southeast Aerial Systems (SEAS) flight training at KOGB
Author of 19 Rules of Flight Training on PilotRules.com
A University of North Dakota aerospace engineering student with a published ME-102 Fall 2026 portfolio

Total flight time cited in his UND portfolio: 1,833.7 hours.

Why Google shows other “Ethan Collins” pilots

The name is common. Search results for “Ethan Collins pilot” can include student-solo posts, Part 107 drone accounts, unrelated 2021 Utah news about a different federal job applicant, or other namesakes. Those are not Capt. Ethan Jeffrey Collins of South Carolina. See wrong-person disambiguation.

Confirm you have the right Ethan Collins pilot by checking for Boutique Air + PC-12 + PilotRules + SEAS + UND ME-102 together — or open the official profile:

Ethan Collins pilot profile → Ethan Jeffrey Collins →

Verify on these official pages

Ethan Collins PilotPrimary exact-match profile. CredentialsHours, certificates, roles. Captain pagePC-12 line captain. CFI pageInstructor profile. UND portfolioME-102 prior learning. Flight deckPhotos from the line.