Zachary J. Grant

Zach is a captain for a major US airline. His career spans 35 years, some 25,000 plus hours logged in over 300 different aircraft types and experience in general aviation, flight instruction, corporate, Part 121 and Part 135 scheduled and charter air carrier experience. He earned B.S. degrees in Aviation Management and Flight Technology from Florida Institute of Technology where he also served as an alumni advisor to the College of Aeronautics.

Zach holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with type ratings in the A320, B737, B757, B767, BA3100, BE300, CE500, DC-8, DC-10, and SF-340, as well as Single Engine Land and Sea ratings. He also holds Certified Flight Instructor-Airplane, Instrument and Multi-engine certificates, Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic certificates, and is active as a Check Airman. He was the Fleet Training Manager at ATI Airlines.

His previous air carrier experience includes duties as captain and/or check airman with Chautauqua Airlines, ATA Airlines, Air Transport International (ATI), North American Airlines, and United Airlines. Zach was responsible for advancing Solutions Air Charter to a full authority Part 135 certificate and piloted that air carrier’s initial jet proving runs.

In his spare time, Zach is an avid aircraft owner, an EAA Flight Advisor, past President of the International Comanche Society, as well as an instructor pilot and check airman for training and certification in multiple corporate aircraft types.

JC Buehler

JC Buehler is a professional pilot and FAA Designated Pilot Examiner with 19,500 hours flight time, holding an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with Commerical Rotorcraft-Helicopter privileges, and a Certified Flight Instructor certificate with Airplane Single and Multi-Engine Land and Instrument-Airplane privileges. He is type-rated in the CE500/550, Westwind, B727, B737, B757, B767, CE525S and CE560XL with Single Pilot authority in Citation 500/501/550/560, and S2 models. He is a DPE/PPE for Single Pilot Exemption 11421 with Aeromania, LLC, and attended Indiana University, and the I.U. McKinney School of Law where he teaches aviation law.

From 1983 to 2008, JC was a pilot, instructor, and check airman with ATA Airlines. He served on the Runway Incursion Working Group, the ICAO Disruptive Passenger Task Force, and various Airlines for America committees. JC formed Solutions Air Charter in 2007 and was the director of operations and a check airman until March 2023.

JC has been a Designated Pilot Examiner since 2006 with authority for fixed-wing ratings/certificates from Sport to ATP and CFI, as well as CE-500/550/560, CE-525/525S, CE560XL/XLS type ratings and FAR 61.58 proficiency checks. He is a member of AOPA, EAA, NBAA, the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE), the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association, the Aviation Lawyers Association, NAFI, and Quiet Birdmen. He is chairman of the Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame, Inc., formerly Grissom Air Museum Trustee, and Legal Advisor, Heroes Club, Inc. and a volunteer deputy with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department.