Aviation Insurance Expert Witnesses

JB Aviation, LLC is an Aviation Management Consultant company that offers General Aviation Expert Witness and Consultant, Professional Pilot Services in Cessna Citation types, Aircraft Acceptance and support, Flight Department Overview, Domestic and International Flight Support.

JB Aviation's principal, John Bell, is a recipient of the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award (50 years). His background includes 43+ years of experience in corporate aviation development. Background experience since 1998 has included a number of International Ferry Flights with North Atlantic and Pacific crossings. Supported several operators in Aruba, Jamaica, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Germany and South Korea. Logged over 17,000+ hours with over 8,000 hours on Cessna Citation aircraft.

Certifications, Ratings, and Flight Times:

Airline Transport Pilot - Airplane Multiengine Land

• Type Ratings: CE500, CE525S, CE560XL, CE650 and CE680 Sovereign and Plus, Citation 680A Latitude
• Commercial Privileges - Airplane Single Engine Land & Sea
• Flight Instructor (Gold Seal) - Airplane Single and Multiengine Instrument Airplane
• Flight Times - (Updated: December 31, 2025) Total: 17000+ - PIC: 16,000+ - Turbojet: 8,000+ - Turboprop: 4,465- Multiengine: 15,000+ - Piston: 2,563

Litigation Support - Mr. Bell provides EXPERT WITNESS Services to counsel representing both Plaintiff and Defendant. Areas of Litigation Expertise:

• CFR Title 14 Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR’s) Including NTSB
• Cessna Citation Aircraft
• Advanced Avionics Systems including Glass Cockpits, GPS, FMS, TAWS, TCAS Systems
• Aircraft Aerodynamics
• Aircraft Systems
• Airspace – Domestic and International 
• Aviation Weather Decision-making
• Cold Weather Operations
• CRM (Cockpit Resource Management) and Crew Decision-making
• International Flight Operations and Procedures
• IOE / SOE (Initial Operation Experience/Supervised Operation Experience)
• Pilot Decision-making

View John Bell's Consultant Profile.