Elayne M Humphrey

Elayne M Humphrey is an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner based at Grays Creek Airport (2GC) in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where she is on record for the airplane-single-engine-land category. Her FAA certifications on record include private, commercial, instrument, and flight instructor certificates. In addition to her role as an examiner, Humphrey is the Chief Pilot at Cape Fear Aviation Flight Training and a regional FAASTeam Representative. Her background includes earning a bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech, a master's degree in Marketing Research from the University of Texas at Arlington, operating a website design business, and homeschooling her two children for 14 years. She took her first flight lesson on May 2, 2018, and advanced to a certified flight instructor within five years. She holds CFII, MEI, commercial seaplane, and commercial glider ratings, and was accredited as a NAFI Master Flight Instructor in September 2023 with at least 1,000 hours of dual instruction given. Humphrey leads an annual CFI intensive course at Alaska Floats & Skis, instructs at the Fayetteville Regional Airport ACE Academy, and gives free flight lessons every May.