About us
Our ambition
To offer you the best training or checking experience, in a friendly and professional environment whereby our drive, involvement and knowledge will help you achieve your goals. We are an Approved Training Organization (ATO). Look here for our certificate.
People

Paul ten Hof
Founder
Accountable Manager
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Rob Hol
Founder
Deputy Head of Training
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Jos Linders
Head of Training
Captain Embraer 175E1/190E1/195E2
TRI/TRE EMB170 series
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Alex Vogel
Chief Instructor
EMB 170/190
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Eelco Hoogvorst
Compliance and
Safety Manager
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Paul ten Hof
Founder
Accountable Manager
TRI/TRE Embraer 190 TRI/TRE B737 KLM
After graduating from college as a Physical Education teacher, I started my flying career on the P3C Lockheed Orion, flying missions for the Dutch Navy. I had the opportunity to do an exchange tour and go through the Instructor Training in the US Navy. This experience taught me that there is always room for improvement. I decided that training others and making them enthusiastic to improve themselves would be one of my main missions in my professional life. As a civilian pilot I flew long-haul for Martinair as MD11 pilot, short/medium-haul with KLM Cityhopper on the Fokker 70/100 and Embraer 190 and am currently flying on the B737 with KLM. During my time on the Embraer, operating the Embraer 190 for KLM Cityhopper, I soon recognized that the E-Jet is a well-designed and thought-out regional airliner with a bright future. After becoming a (Senior) Instructor and examiner, I gained a large amount of experience in training and checking on the Embraer 170/190. With this experience I decided to start working as a freelance instructor and examiner for FSC Amsterdam, CAE Amsterdam and occasionally for FSI starting already in 2012. Since 2016 I have fulfilled the position of Chief Instructor Embraer 190 for FSC Amsterdam, being responsible for the design and the standardization of the E190 syllabus and associated Typerating Training. This background allows me, together with our team of experienced Embraer instructors and examiners, to give you the best training possible on the Embraer 170/190 and Embraer E2. Being a former semi-professional ice-hockey player, I have always considered myself a team player and therefore my goal with Dutch Aviation Trainers is to make you feel you are part of the team when deciding to train with our team of professional and highly skilled instructors and pilots on the Embraer. Welcome to our team!

Rob Hol
Founder
Deputy Head of Training
Capt. Embraer 190 and 145/Legacy TRI/TRE/LTC Embraer 145/Legacy SFI/SFE Embraer 190 & B767

Jos Linders
Head of Training
Captain Embraer 175E1/190E1/195E2
TRI/TRE EMB170 series
Started flying in 1994 and had the pleasure and opportunity to fly the B737-300, MD-11 and the B747-400. My first experience in instruction was in General Aviation where I had the opportunity to train a large variety of people with different backgrounds. This created the awareness of the various learning styles and learning preferences of each trainee.
Since 2014 I am an active airline pilot on the Embraer 170 series and since 2016 I am a TRI on the EMB170 series. Flying and instruction is something I enjoy doing and consider this to be a passion of mine.
Instruction, for me, is very rewarding. Being able to work together and facilitate trainees in their personal development brings great joy and positive energy. Since some time ICAO and EASA introduced Pilot Competences which enables improving candidate and crew performance based on observed behaviour and actions. Using the observable behaviours of these competences will positively help the candidate in their development.
In the end it is all about the candidate and how we as instructors can play an important part in the process of improving the candidate’s competences. It is a team effort!
It is an honor to be part of the Dutch Aviation Trainers team of professional, skilled and enthusiastic instructors.

Alex Vogel
Chief Instructor EMB 170/190
At 2010 I decided to leave Emirates and spent 6 months kayaking around the Solomon Islands.
I developed my instructor skills after becoming a SFI in 2011, on the EMB170/190 for Flight Safety International in Singapore. From 2013 I actively started flying the EMB190 as a freelance Captain for Denim Air in Morocco. After that I flew for various companies freelance or on short-term contracts in Europe, Turkey, Libya, Tanzania, Botswana and Myanmar, gaining an extremely valuable amount of experience on the E-jet, having flown all E-jet variants, including the Lineage, as a Capain, Linetrainer and TRI. Currently I am flying the HondaJet as a Line Training Captain in West Africa in addition to my role as the Chief Instructor EMB170/190 at Dutch ATO Services.
The Fokker 70/100 is the best aircraft I‘ve ever flown and that qualifies me as a foreigner to be an instructor at a Dutch ATO!!
Welcome to our team!

Eelco Hoogvorst
Compliance and Safety Manager
My contribution to DATOS is to make sure DATOS continues to meet the highest standards for a training organization whilst delivering high quality training.
I learned the art of being a trainer on the Fokker 50 aircraft and training ab initio pilots on FNPT trainers. Nowadays I am a current TRI/TRE on the Boeing 737 which gives me great pleasure in coaching my colleagues in their careers on the Boeing 737.
While I was actively flying the Fokker 50, I also was involved as a flight safety officer for my company evaluating ASR’s and conducting investigations into flight safety incidents.
For Dutch Aviation Trainers and DATOS I will combine my experience in the role as a flight safety and compliance monitoring manager. As the compliance monitoring manager I will constantly ask within DATOS the questions: “Do we train according to the EASA standards?” and “How can we improve further?” With my knowledge as TRI/TRE, I am in a position to make well-founded judgments on the implementation of all the national and international rules concerning DATOS.
And if you see anything during your training which raises your eyebrow please let me know! How minor the issue may seem, let me know via compliance@dutchaviationtrainers.com or any other suitable way to contact me, because together we can improve!
Hope to see you at DATOS!
Eelco
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