Baker Aviation Appoints Scott Goodley to Key Maintenance Position

Scott Goodley
Scott Goodley

Baker Aviation, a full-service aircraft maintenance, management and charter company in North Texas, announced that Scott Goodley has been appointed to Director, Quality Assurance and Chief Inspector.

As an Airframe and Powerplant licensed mechanic with Inspection Authorization, Scott Goodley has served the business aviation community for more than 38 years. Goodley’s industry tenure includes more than a decade of experience as a mechanic, inspector, and avionics technician with the Mobile Oil corporate flight department as well as being responsible for conformity auditing tasks with other Mobile operations. As an entrepreneur, Goodley was the owner and president of All American Aviation at the Addison airport where he built strong relationships with local regulatory authorities. Most recently, Goodley was Director of Maintenance at Dallas based Baron & Budd flight department and was responsible for all maintenance, inspection, and repair of the fleet of company aircraft.

“Scott’s stellar reputation proceeds him, and we are proud to welcome him to the Baker Aviation Maintenance team,” commented Ray Goyco, Jr., President, and COO for Baker Aviation. “As an industry veteran, he is well-known in the North Texas area for his maintenance expertise and trustworthy work ethic. Scott brings great strengths to our organization, and he will most certainly help us exceed our goals in his new role. We continue to build on the Baker Aviation service facility name and are ready to provide our customers with exceptional value for their aircraft maintenance dollar,” added Goyco.

Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.