Charles Roberts

Serve as Chief Pilot for a growing Part 135 flight department; hold FAA Check Airman authority on the CE-525 and CE-560XL series. Built the company's Safety Management System (Wyvern-based), Standard Operating Procedures, and Training Manuals used fleet-wide from inception. Exercise full operational control authority - flight release, tracking, and dispatch decisions across a multi-type fleet under Part 135. Manage scheduling, training currency, and FAA recordkeeping compliance for a pilot roster of Captains, First Officers, and Check Airmen. Led the formal Director of Operations succession plan, submitted to the Houston FSDO with a concurrent deviation request under 14 CFR § 119.39, while concurrently onboarding a new FAA Principal Operations Inspector. Authored the CE-560XL Fleet MEL (based on MMEL Revision 9) for POI review and produced the OpSpec A031 contract training documentation covering the operation's third-party training vendors. Directing development of a pilot scheduling and training-currency dashboard and an AI-assisted crew request workflow, cutting administrative overhead while keeping approval authority with the Chief Pilot.

First Officer Clean Training Jacket

Earned Learjet 45 type rating through a Part 135 training program; flew as Second in Command on domestic and international charter. Designed and implemented a revised cockpit checklist adopted to improve crew coordination and reduce procedural error.

Completed Part 121 initial training with a clean training record; earned ATP Certificate and CL-65 type rating flying the CRJ-900 - an 83,000 lb MTOW transport-category jet, the heaviest and most large-cabin-comparable airframe in the logbook. Flew Second in Command on scheduled Part 121 operations.

First Officer Clean Training Record

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Built flight time and command foundation through CFI/CFII/MEI instruction and Part 135 charter flying prior to airline transition.