New SVP of Flt Ops
02-26-2020 | 08:08 PM
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02-26-2020 | 08:38 PM
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Not a first for Delta. In the 80s, a Lawyer was the head of Flight Ops. For the life of me, I can't remember his name. But there was a Chief Pilot..."Snake" Smith. Haven't thought about that lawyer for decades, but remember he was no friend of the pilots. But then, whomever gets that position, usually isn't.
02-27-2020 | 05:40 AM
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Not a first for Delta. In the 80s, a Lawyer was the head of Flight Ops. For the life of me, I can't remember his name. But there was a Chief Pilot..."Snake" Smith. Haven't thought about that lawyer for decades, but remember he was no friend of the pilots. But then, whomever gets that position, usually isn't.
02-27-2020 | 06:21 AM
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Not a first for Delta. In the 80s, a Lawyer was the head of Flight Ops. For the life of me, I can't remember his name. But there was a Chief Pilot..."Snake" Smith. Haven't thought about that lawyer for decades, but remember he was no friend of the pilots. But then, whomever gets that position, usually isn't.
02-27-2020 | 06:33 AM
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Not a first for Delta. In the 80s, a Lawyer was the head of Flight Ops. For the life of me, I can't remember his name. But there was a Chief Pilot..."Snake" Smith. Haven't thought about that lawyer for decades, but remember he was no friend of the pilots. But then, whomever gets that position, usually isn't.
02-27-2020 | 07:37 AM
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Good catch, I had the opportunity to chat with him one day. Rox was a TBM pilot in the big war.
02-27-2020 | 10:14 AM
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At NWA in the 90’s we had a VP of Flight Ops that was not a pilot. Dr Clay Foushee (Private certificate only), took over for John Kern (FAA management guy).
Foushee is one of the developers of the Personality Characteristics Inventory screening “test” used for all pilot candidates.
Kern had been a NWA new hire who was furloughed within a year of starting. He went to the FAA and rose through the ranks until NWA hired him to be the VP. They put him on the seniority list, but he only flew with instructors...meaning 2 lines guys got bought off their trips.
In both cases the name on the airline’s operating certificate was the system chief pilot.
Opinion: As long as he surrounds himself with straight-shooters, and not Yes Men, it’ll be ok.
Foushee is one of the developers of the Personality Characteristics Inventory screening “test” used for all pilot candidates.
Kern had been a NWA new hire who was furloughed within a year of starting. He went to the FAA and rose through the ranks until NWA hired him to be the VP. They put him on the seniority list, but he only flew with instructors...meaning 2 lines guys got bought off their trips.
In both cases the name on the airline’s operating certificate was the system chief pilot.
Opinion: As long as he surrounds himself with straight-shooters, and not Yes Men, it’ll be ok.
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