All of our trainers are “certified” training instructors. Our trainers specialize in providing you with “real world” scenarios. Airpack instructors have a combined 200 years of experience in the transportation industry. A requirement of all instructors is to attend and successfully complete DOT and/or IATA “Train the Instructor” courses held and conducted by DOT and IATA respectfully. An additional Airpack requirement is to work no less than one year in a packaging warehouse physically preparing hazmat shipments for all modes of transportation.
Fortune 500 companies throughout the world have sought and continue to utilize the level of training that Airpack instructors provide. Our instructors understand the big picture, as a result of current and prior experiences. Airpack instructors are often retained by corporate legal council to mitigate and reduce compliance citation assessments.
Meet Our Instructors
With over 150 years of regulatory, compliance and Department of Defense experience, Airpack instructors are highly qualified to educate and share real-world scenarios with students in the following subject matter: Hazardous Materials in Transportation; Dangerous Goods in Transportation, Transportation of Radioactive Materials; Military Airlift in Accordance with AFMAN 24-204; and various Military Specification Packaging and Government Contract Requirements courses.
 John Gerrish – Spending 10+ years with hands-on, in-depth training and handling of dangerous goods / hazmat as a C-130 Loadmaster in the U.S. Air Force, laid the foundation for John to start his own packing company, specializing in dangerous goods shipments. A degree in musical education provided the teaching skills for instructing others the intricacies of preparing, offering, accepting and rejecting hazmat shipments.
A Vietnam-era military background and real-world situations encountered operating Airpack for 25+ years, has provided the basis for John’s passion and desire to educate others on shipping dangerous goods. His primary goal in instruction is to assist the student in understanding the regulations while maintaining safety when preparing or offering hazmat into transportation. John is an IATA Certified Training Instructor, Department of Defense Training Instructor and Educational Director for the National Institute of Packaging, Handling and Logistics Engineers (NIPHLE).
 Jerry Green – A graduate of the University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Jerry’s expertise is in the area of radioactive shipments. He has over 29 years experience in regulatory compliance and hazardous materials transportation including 13 years conducting regulatory compliance training. As a Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist in Oak Ridge, TN he provided classroom training as well as course design and development. Working with the Department of Energy he supplies support to DOE contractors in DOT compliance assessments and remedial correction.
Recognized as Associate Staff at George Washington University, Northern Virginia Campus since May 2000 Jerry also conducts and develops regulatory compliance training as part of the Certificate in Aviation Security program there.
On numerous occasions the Contractors Transportation Management Association (CTMA) has
welcomed Jerry as a guest speaker, to provide an update and forecast into the future on regulatory compliance issues.
Jerry is an IATA Certified Training Instructor.
 John A. Price II – John’s 36 year career focused as a Department of Defense Packaging Specialist, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), at the Defense Distribution Depot Susquehanna Pennsylvania (DDSP), New Cumberland, PA. His latest position was supervising hazardous material handlers, certifiers, and inspectors at DDSP’s Hazardous Material Processing Section. This Section is a high-volume packaging/packing/distribution facility where hazardous material shipments were received, stored, transshipped and shipped to military customers around the globe by all modes of transportation.
John is a certified Military Packaging Professional and has instructed numerous courses throughout his career to include Distribution Management, Environmental Reporting, First Responder, Performance Oriented Packaging, Packing For Transportation, Electrostatic Discharge Sensitive (ESD) to name a few. He has also taught courses in Southwest Asia, Central America and the Caribbean on behalf of the United States Government.
 A. Winslow Sully - With over 20 years of extensive exposure working with hazardous materials in both the manufacturing and distribution environment, Winslow is knowledgeable in HAZCOM / OSHA, DOT, IATA and IMO.
Under manufacturing he has provided plans for the proper storage and handling of hazardous materials, the safe unloading of bulk chemicals (Hydrogen Peroxide 52%, Ammonia, Ethanol & Propanol) and composing material safety data sheets (MSDS) in compliance with ANSI standards.
Winslow has developed training programs and training for all employees in the areas of Hazard Communication and procedures involving hazardous materials i.e. grounding for handling flammable liquids, storage compatibility of hazardous materials, Confined Space Entry program, HAZOP procedures, DOT, IATA, IMDG training for employees, etc.
 Roger Young - Retired with over 32 years experience with the government, Roger was inducted in the Military Packaging Hall of Fame in 2009 for his contributions to government packaging. Serving as the current Chairman of D10 General Packaging Division in ASTM International, he holds a Military Packaging Professional Certificate from the School of Military Packaging Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Quality Control from Kennedy Western University.
Chief Master Sergeant Young retired from Air Force Reserves in 2000 after completing over 29 years in Civil Engineering. Past assignments are: Maverick Missile NCOIC, Munitions Inspector, Environmental Assessment Chief, Supply Superintendent, Quality Assurance Representative, Hazmat Certified Shipper, and Program Analyst for Federal Acquisition Service in Hazmat, Packaging, Marking, Shelf Life, Metrication, Environmental, Training, Standards, and Value Engineering.
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