Rob Gort, President & Chief Operating Officer

Industry accomplishments:

• Thirty years experience managing, flying and maintaining business aircraft in both charter and corporate operations
• Recipient of three NBAA Corporate Flight Department Safety Awards, representing the management of four companies, covering over twenty-eight years and 14,000 hours of accident/incident free flight
• Recipient of the NBAA 12,000 hour accident/incident free Pilot-In-Command safety award.

Ratings:

• ATP: Airplane Multiengine Land
• Type Ratings: CE-650, LR-JET
  
• Commercial Pilot: Airplane Single Engine Land
  
• Flight and Ground Instructor: Airplane Single Engine and Instrument
• Flight Engineer: Turbojet B727
• Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
• Inspector Authorization: IA
• Medical: First Class

Flight time:

• First solo: 1973
• Total time: 14,200 hours
• Total PIC: 13,400 hours
• Multi engine: 12,400 hours
• Turbo jet: 11,000 hours
• Turbo jet PIC: 10,500 hours

Flight training:

• FlightSafety International or SimuFlite annually since 1982, training in various corporate aircraft
  
  Classes include Pilot Initial, Recurrent, DVRSM, Cockpit Resource Management, International Procedures, other enrichment courses

Education:

• B.S. Degree San Jose State University, School of Engineering, Aeronautical Operations major with minor in Business Administration
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, MBA program, major in Corporate Flight Department Management