Stanley Doepke Jr:  

Life My commercial airline career began in New Mexico, (after an Army tour with the 101st Airborne in Viet Nam) a regional airline based in Las Cruces, New Mexico and the predecessor of what is now Mesa Air Group out of Phoenix. I served as Vice President of Operations overseeing the passenger and cargo divisions, aircraft and crew scheduling along with charter operations. In addition, I served as a government designated FAA examiner, check aviator, during this period for the airline. I moved into commercial aircraft sales in 1980 when he joined Raytheon Aircraft Company (formerly Beech Aircraft) based in Wichita, Kansas. I served as a demonstration pilot and led the marketing and sales efforts for the aircraft sales to air carriers, private and corporate clients. While in the position as Regional Sales Manager, I oversaw the financing and leasing arrangements, negotiated contracts, analyzed route structures, markets, aircraft performance and aircraft fleet projections for future development. In 1986, I joined Fokker Aircraft Company as a Sales Director for North America where I led the sales efforts of the high-valued commercial aircraft, marketing and selling to major commercial airlines, such as Delta, Northwest, United, Continental, Alaska, Midwest Express and Hawaiian Airlines. Regional airlines included most aligned carriers such Atlantic Southeast, Mesa Air Group, Comair and to key freight and lease customers such as UPS, FEDEX, International Lease Finance Corporation, GATX and Atlas Airlines. My responsibilities extended to Deputy to the President in 1994 where I oversaw North American...Expand for more