Ceferino Gimenez

Manager of business and act as PIC/SIC/Instructor for company's customers. EMB-550 (Praetor 600/500) Pilot.

Serves as IP and Examiner CL-30 (Challenger 300/350), EMB-550 (Praetor 600/500)

Served as PIC on H25B jet on domestic and international on-demand charter flights. Furloughed as of 3/30/2020

Served as PIC -in-training on domestic and international flights. Resigned.

Provide Senior Administrative leadership to the Flight Operations Department, supervising the operations of 33 airplanes, 27 CFIs, Administrative staff, Aviation Maintenance, and a budget of between $3M to $5M dollars. Nominated by the President of Kansas State University, participates on the Global Aviation Initiative for the University developing partnership with Universidad Tecnica Federico Santamaria, Valparaiso, Chile and FlightSafety International.

Served as classroom, simulator and aircraft instructor. Develops training including lesson planning, classroom and simulator instruction and course materials. Serve as second-in-command for multi-crew simulator environment, evaluate student performance and prepare reports. Provide Learning Center Safety Management System training promoting safe operations, aviation safety-related issue reporting, and ensuring flight safety processes and goals.

Regular charter passenger transport flights from Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Serves as Captain providing safe, comfortable and commercially efficient international aircraft operations on 362 passenger, wide body, heavy jet aircraft. Promoted to Captain on heavy, wide body aircraft L1011 Tristar, on international passenger transport operations. Maintains safety record while serving as Captain for challenging airports on heavy, widebody passenger transport jets until the airline ceased all operations. Provided ground school training for flight operations personnel.

Qualifies as a Boeing 737 Captain for LAPSA based in SGAS Asuncion, Paraguay, and SEQU in Quito, Ecuador. Serves a pilot until furloughed as airline merges with TAM Airlines.

Served as First Officer on B707/DC-8/DC-10. Captain Qualified BA-146. Completes all qualification training operating from one of the most challenging airports in the world, Quito, Ecuador. Develops experience as pilot operating from Paraguay and Ecuador on Boeing 737 aircraft. Selected as one of first two civilian pilots in 26 years operation of state operated national flag airline LAP.

Developed commuter airline from startup. Researched similar commuter services in Argentina and produced operations report in English. Studied flight operations in Geneva, Switzerland at the International Air Transport Association graduating with Distinction certification as a Flight Operations Manager. Organized flight operations department including hiring and training pilots, flight attendants and dispatchers. Selected and leased two aircraft to establish operations and started commuter flights within 13 months of original concept.

First civilian pilot admitted in the airline at age 29 . Recommended for captain at age 31 by British Aerospace.