Senior Lecturer and Chief Ground Instructor, The Polytechnic School Aviation Program

Marc O'Brien holds F.A.A. Airline Transport Pilot and Certified Flight Instructor-Gold Seal certificates. He was a line pilot for USAir Express, a regional air carrier flying in the northeast United States. Prior to his airline experience, Mr. O'Brien was employed by American Trans Air as a flight instructor and finished his tenure as the company's Assistant Chief Instructor.

In addition to teaching aviation classes, Mr. O'Brien is the Chief Instructor for ASU's F.A.A.-approved ground courses, supervisor of the department's P.S.I. LaserGrade F.A.A. Testing Center, and faculty advisor for A.S.U.'s Alpha Eta Rho aviation fraternity chapter.