James Phillips
Pilot • Aviation Leader with over 30 years of flying experience • Chief Pilot, Production Flight Test, Gulfstream Aerospace
Flight Experience & Aircraft
5 type ratings • 6,140 total hours
Total Hours
6,140
Multi-Engine Hours
4,750
Jet Hours
4,750
Turboprop Hours
1,390
Type Ratings
G550
Training date: Sep 2026
Training facility: FSI Sav
1,200 hours in type
GVII-G500/G600
Training date: Apr 2026
Training facility: Sav
540 hours in type
GVIII-700/800
Training date: Apr 2026
Training facility: FSI SAV
270 hours in type
G650
Training date: Jan 2026
Training facility: Sav
1,182 hours in type
GIII
Training date: Oct 2006
Training facility: FSI Dal
300 hours in type
Work Experience
Chief Pilot Production Flight Test
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Responsible for testing and certifying all new Gulfstream aircraft to Type Certification Standards Responsible for FAA approval and certification for the Quality Procedures (QP) used on all new aircraft Manage production test pilots currency and training to maintain proficiency and certification by the FAA Coordinates with internal ops to meet the production and delivery schedule of new aircraft deliveries to customers Conduct delivery and training flights with operators to familiarize them with new aircraft Conduct Aircraft condition survey flights on older GV, G450, G550 and G650 aircraft in preparation for sale
Instructor Pilot
FlightSafety International
Ground and Simulator Instructor for initial and recurrent type ratings
Pilot
Executive Jet Management
Full time employee for EJM as a “Floater Pilot”. Used to augment or fill Pilot requirements for the numerous GV type operators in the EJM fleet when needed for trips where augmented or multiple crews were needed.
Officer, Leader, Instructor Pilot
United States Air Force
Education
Business Management
Univ of South Alabama at Mobile AL
Masters
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University at Remote, Pensacola FL
Masters of Military Science
Air University at Maxwell AFB AL
Profile Overview
6,140
Total Flight Hours
5
Aircraft Types
2012
Years Experience
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Personal Interests
I am a 22 year veteran as a US Air Force Officer. In service I flew numerous aircraft including KC-135A/R, C-17 Instructor, T-34C Instructor, T-6A Instructor, C-12, T-38, T-37 and finished my career flying the GIII, GV, and G550 as an instructor for the 89th Airlift Wing from Andrews AFB Md. Since retirement I worked for Executive Jet Management as a GV On-Call pilot, FlightSafety International as a G650 ground and simulator instructor and now as the Chief Pilot for Production Flight Test at Gulfstream Aerospace in Savannah Ga.
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