Jordan is a licensed commercial pilot with 15 years of flying experience who recently began teaching at a flight school. During a training flight, Jordan fails to notice a malfunction in the aircraft's navigation system, relying on outdated procedures. A student pilot gets disoriented and the flight results in an emergency landing. When assessing negligence, which standard of care should be applied to Jordan's actions?
The standard set by the flight school's training protocols.
The standard of an average person in the general community.
The standard of a reasonably prudent commercial pilot with similar experience.
The standard of the highest-skilled commercial pilot.
The appropriate standard of care for a professional is that of a reasonably prudent person with similar training and experience. In this case, the standard would be that of a reasonably prudent commercial pilot with Jordan's level of experience, making the correct answer the one that reflects this professional standard.
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