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Jonathan Tree
Jon Tree
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CAREER SUMMARY
An accomplished Senior Aviation Executive with over 45 years of experience in a variety of positions from USAF F-16 pilot, to Chief Pilot and Check Airman, to senior leadership roles in global operations, operational safety, efficiency, industry relations, and aircraft engineering and design. Leadership skills and abilities that offer substantial advantages to a broad segment of international aviation operations and manufacturing efforts.
PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
FEDEX EXPRESS, Memphis, TN 2020 – Present
Senior Captain, Test Pilot, Flight Technical, Instrument Flight Procedures, Technologies, and Regulatory Compliance
THE BOEING COMPANY (Boeing Commercial Airplanes/Digital Aviation & Analytics) 2012 – 2019
Director, Industry and International Relations, Aviation Regulatory Standards
Team Cockpit Lead, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Future Airplane Development - New Midsize Airplane (B-797)
BCA’s Integrated Product Team Co-Lead for Artificial Intelligence – Crewed, Single-Pilot, Autonomous Operations
Primary Flight Technical Advisor to BCA SVP of Future Airplane Development and NextGen Advisory Committee
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (IATA), Montreal, Canada 2009 – 2012
Director, Flight Operations representing the interests of 295 International Airlines at ICAO, FAA, EASA, ASA, China
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, Dallas, TX / Phoenix, AZ 1983 – 2006
Chief Pilot / Check Airman - Line and Simulator (1988-1998) / Captain (1987-2006) / First Officer (1983-1987)
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, Fort Worth, TX / Ogden, UT 1982 –1983
Flight Test Engineer, F-16 / Lead Engineer, F-16 Weapons Systems Integration and Software Upgrades
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, Nellis AFB / Hill AFB / Holloman AFB / Williams AFB 1976 – 1982
USAF F-16”Top Gun” / Instructor Pilot / Operational Test Pilot / Aircraft Commander / Mission Lead
EDUCATION / TRAINING / RESPONSIBILITIES
ICAO, Montreal, ICCAIA (all global OEMs) Member to the ICAO Flight Operations Panel. 2013 – 2019
Member, Senior IATA Leadership Team for Flight Operations and Safety, Montreal / Montreux. 2009 – 2012
Member, Herb Kelleher’s Southwest Airlines Leadership Team, Dallas, TX, Pilot Hiring Board. 1988 – 1998
USAF Reserves, Last USAF Pilot to Fly the F-105 Republic Thunderchief, Hill AFB, UT. 1983
USAF Tactical Test Pilot Training, 57th Fighter Weapons Wing – “Top Gun,” Nellis AFB, NV. 1981 – 1983
Delivery of F-16s to Israel prior to Operation Opera (1981), Ramat David Air Force Base, Israel.
1981
One of Five USAF Pilots, First F-16 Transition Training with the First Four Israeli AF F-16 Pilots.
1980
USAF F-4 and F-16 Pilot, First USAF Lieutenant to Fly the F-16, Hill AFB, UT. 1979 – 1980
USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training, Williams AFB, Fighter Qualified, Honor Graduate
Fighter Lead-In Training, Holloman AFB, Honor Graduate and “Top Gun.” 1977 – 1978
USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, B.S., Engineering, Double Major in Psychology and
Management, Honor Graduate 1976
Published Author, Jonathan Davidson (pen name), a Trilogy Dedicated to the Trinity, Amazon.com; Where Angels Sleep, Mazzaroth, Noah's Other World - WAS M NOW
1999 – 2022
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