{"id":20143,"date":"2021-11-29T18:50:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T18:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20143"},"modified":"2021-11-29T18:51:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T18:51:26","slug":"four-corners-aviation-forms-senior-leadership-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/texas\/four-corners-aviation-forms-senior-leadership-team\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Four Corners Aviation Forms Senior Leadership Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cameron-Gowans-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20148\" width=\"171\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cameron-Gowans-edit.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cameron-Gowans-edit-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><figcaption><em>Cameron Gowans<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Four Corners Aviation President and COO Cameron Gowans has\nannounced initial appointments to the company\u2019s senior leadership team. The\nteam will provide leadership to the new organization dedicated to enabling\ncustomers to have all the benefits of their own scalable aviation department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are proud of this newly formed team of skilled industry\nprofessionals, which will take the Corporate Jet as a Service (CJaaS), a fully\nintegrated lift solution offered through &#8216;Freedom by Four Corners Aviation,&#8217; to\nclients across the country,\u201d said Gowans. \u201cThis powerful group is charged with\nensuring that we execute well and deliver the best product to our clientele.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freedom by Four Corners Aviation is a revolutionary way for\nclients to enjoy the multiple benefits of private jet travel, without worrying\nabout ownership, financing, operations, insurance, crew management,\nmaintenance, or any of the additional aggravations associated with private jet\ntravel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This radical and sweeping approach to business jet access\nprotects and preserves shareholder and client capital. For more information on\n&#8216;Freedom by Four Corners Aviation,&#8217; go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.caltech.com\/u\/b6417823\/-s6Q8T447BG2_SzohnsoMg?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffourcornersaviation.com%2F\">https:\/\/link.caltech.com\/u\/b6417823\/-s6Q8T447BG2_SzohnsoMg?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffourcornersaviation.com%2F<\/a>\n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00ef\u00bb\u00bfClient Service<\/strong>s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diana-Schneider-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20147\" width=\"175\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diana-Schneider-edit.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Diana-Schneider-edit-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><figcaption><em>Diane Schneider<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Diana Schneider, Vice President, Client Services, joined the\norganization now known as Four Corners Aviation in 2019. She began her career\nin aviation as an accountant \/ controller in 2007 and acquired her unique\nunderstanding of the industry through the changing needs of operators with\nwhich she was affiliated. This allowed her to learn many different aspects of\naviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schneider possesses extensive financial, managerial and\norganizational experience in a variety of other industries as well. She gained\nvaluable knowledge as part of a start-up and consulted for organizations that\nwere in the process of restructuring. She holds a bachelor&#8217;s, as well as a\npost-graduate certificate, from Montclair State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sales<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ray-Bennett-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20146\" width=\"162\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ray-Bennett-edit.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ray-Bennett-edit-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><figcaption><em>Ray Bennett<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ray Bennett Vice President, Sales, brings 30 years of\naviation sales experience to Four Corners Aviation. He has been in sales and\nsales management roles for avionics, fractional aircraft, aircraft manufacturers,\naircraft parts distribution, and aircraft management organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bennett grew up in an aviation-based family in Omaha, Neb.,\nand is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University. He is a multi-engine\ncommercial pilot and certified drone pilot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mike-Jefcoat-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20145\" width=\"161\" height=\"237\"\/><figcaption><em>Mike Jefcoat<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike Jefcoat, Vice President, Operations, has been in\naviation for over 25 years. He began his professional career as a pilot for\nDelta Connection, flying both domestic and international routes. During his 18\nyears as an airline pilot, Jefcoat amassed more than 11,000 flight hours, the\nmajority as a captain on Bombardier\u2019s series of regional jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his time in the cockpit, he served as a\nconsultant with ATP Flight School to assist and implement an industry leading\njet transition course for aspiring professional pilots. He also spent several\nyears as a volunteer in aviation security with the Air Line Pilots Association\nat local and national levels. In 2017, Jefcoat made the transition to business\naviation as the chief pilot for FlightWorks, Inc., where he rose to director of\noperations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also served as an FAA approved check airman on the Hawker\n800 and Challenger 300 series of aircraft. In his time with FlightWorks, he was\nawarded a business aviation leadership scholarship through Georgia State\nUniversity and the Georgia Business Aviation Association. He graduated cum\nlaude from Utah Valley University, with a bachelor\u2019s in aviation science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Safety and Security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Phil-Leone-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20144\" width=\"178\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Phil-Leone-edit.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Phil-Leone-edit-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><figcaption><em>Phil Leone<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil Leone, Vice President, Safety and Security, brings 27\nyears of aviation experience to Four Corners Aviation. He served 26 years in\nthe New York Air National Guard as an aircraft commander, instructor and\nevaluator in the C-5A Galaxy, as well as an aircraft commander in the C-17\nGlobemaster, flying missions in theaters throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leone is an Air Force trained safety professional having\nserved as the chief of safety for the 105th Airlift Wing in Newburgh, N.Y.,\nwith over a billion dollars of aircraft and 1,200 personnel. He is type rated\nin the Boeing 757, 767 and serves as a 777 first officer for a major 121\ncarrier. He is a general aviation enthusiast who has logged hundreds of hours\nflying cross country with his family in a Mooney 231 and an Aerostar 600A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Corners Aviation President and COO Cameron Gowans has announced initial appointments to the company\u2019s senior leadership team. The team will provide leadership to the new organization dedicated to enabling customers to have all the benefits of their own scalable aviation department. \u201cWe are proud of this newly formed team of skilled industry professionals, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-texas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20151,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20143\/revisions\/20151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}