William (Bo) McGowan
Pilot • Pilot with over 42 years of experience • B-787 First Officer
Flight Experience & Aircraft
7 type ratings • 15,444 total hours
Total Hours
15,444
Multi-Engine Hours
14,499
Jet Hours
15,444
Turboprop Hours
0
Type Ratings
B-787
Training date: Jul 2025
Training facility: United Airlines
1,795 hours in type
B-737
Training date: Nov 2012
Training facility: United AirLines
3,251 hours in type
T-38
Training date: Jun 1989
Training facility: USAF UPT
T-37
Training date: Nov 1988
Training facility: USAF UPT
4,213 hours in type
B-757
B-767
Training facility: United Airlines
5,200 hours in type
F-16
Training facility: USAF
990 hours in type
Certificates & Qualifications
ATP - Airplane Multiengine Land
Issued Apr 2024
FAA First Class Medical
Issued Jun 2026
Expires Dec 2026
Work Experience
First Officer
United Airlines
• Achieved and maintained full qualifications as a First Officer on Boeing 737, 757, 767, and 787 aircraft, ensuring safety and operational efficiency across multiple bases including Chicago, Guam, Houston, Newark, and San Francisco. • Nominated by peers for 10 United 100 Awards for exceptional Customer Engagement and creating success environments for entire crew. • Honored as Newark First Officer of the Year for significantly enhancing passenger satisfaction and experience through proactive customer service initiatives.
Fighter Pilot, Instructor Pilot, Evaluator Pilot, Standards Side Chief, Commander/Leader
United States Air Force
• Fully combat qualified and mission ready Instructor Fighter Pilot • Earned 19 Exceptionally Qualified ratings on flying and instructor evaluations. • Advised, mentored and advocated for students in US-European pilot training program that produced over 1,300 graduates for Turkey, Germany, Italy, United States, Denmark, United Kingdom, Portugal, Netherlands, and Greece; over 4,000 flying hours as an instructor/evaluator pilot. • Recognized as the “go to” instructor to help struggling student pilots achieve course standards in Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training; 100 percent student pilot success in USAF’s most demanding undergraduate pilot training program. • Achieved recognition as the top instructor pilot at ENJJPT for nine consecutive years, demonstrating superior teaching effectiveness in pilot training programs.
Education
Master Business Administration
Baker Center for Graduate Studies at Flint, Michigan
Bachelor Fine Arts
Valdosta State College at Valdosta, Georgia
Profile Overview
15,444
Total Flight Hours
7
Aircraft Types
42
Years Experience
Personal Interests
42 years of leadership and flying experience in collaborative environments. Will retire on 1 June 2026 from United Air Lines at age 65 with more than 26 years of employment and more than 10,000 accident/incident free hours as a United pilot. Ratings include ATP with type ratings in B-787, B-767/B-757, B-737. Retired from United States Air Force on 1 January 2009 as a Lt. Colonel with more than 5,200 hours as an Air Force pilot and 25 years of service to our country. TOTAL FLYING TIME United Airlines: 10,184 United States Air Force: 5,200 Grand Total: 15,384
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