Craig Bentley
COO/Accountable Executive CFR Part 5 SMS Amerijet International Airlines
- Role
- Chief Operating Officer at Amerijet International
- Location
- Sandwich, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Craig Bentley
Craig is a proven results driven servant leader specializing in change management, team building, manual creation, FAA interface, industry collaboration, flight training programs, SMS, ASAP programs, FAQA, and FRPM. He has 25 years of aviation leadership roles spanning flight, ground, safety, and technical operations. He is an experienced union negotiator and contract implementation expert; working with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). Craig\'s leadership philosophy and formula is based on Policy, Procedure, Training, Tools, and Resources to drive Accountability and it starts with me (P2+T2+P=A).Craig is experienced in building and executing budgets alongside his Finance partners for all business units he has led. He and his teams have provided meaningful improvements and measurable results to reduce and control expenses, employee wage control, and vendor management. His teams have achieved significant savings in yearly fuel expense by implementing operational fuel usage control processes across multiple aircraft fleets and cross functional teams.Craig has served on the Regional Airline Association working groups for Operations and Safety. Craig is a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the College of Aviation at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach campus). Craig is an Industry Board Member for Aviation Institute at Baylor College. Craig has worked with over 30 Collegiate flight programs to develop Pilot Pathway Programs such as the JetBlue University Gateway Program and the Purple Runway Program for FedEx Feeder Airlines. Craig also provided testimony for the NTSB Aviation and Professionalism forum as part of the Colgan 3407 accident investigation.Craig has held 6 CFR Part 119 Postholder positions at 3 different airlines; Director of Operations and Director of Safety for Cape Air, Mountain Air Cargo, and Amerijet International Airlines (Part 121 and Part 135), as well as, the Accountable Executive for Part 5 SMS at two Part 121 airlines. Craig has extensive experience conducting Internal Evaluation Program (IEP), DOD, Partner Airline Safety and IATA IOSA auditing.
Experience
Chief Operating Officer
Jan 2022 — Present · Miami, FL, US
Education
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical Science
1988 — 1995
Daniel Webster College
Master of Business Administration, Applied Aviation Management
2008 — 2010
Skills
- Commercial Aviation
- Policy
- Airworthiness
- Piloting
- Negotiation
- Airports
- Airlines
- Flight Planning
- Civil Aviation
- Program Management
- Risk Management
- Multi-Engine
- A&P
- Instrument Rating
- Flights
- Flight Safety
- Aircraft
- Cfi
- Type Rating
- Software Documentation
- Aircraft Maintenance
- Training
- Transportation
- Charter
- Aviation
- Customer Service
- Management
- Operations Management
- Ground Instructor
- Atp
- Flight Training
- Crew Resource Management
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