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 over 19,000 hours logged. He holds 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. His type ratings include the CE500/550, Westwind, B727, B737, B757, B767 and CE525S aircraft with a Single Pilot exemption in the Citation 500/501/550/560 and S2. He serves as an instructor for Single Pilot Exemption training. He attended Indiana University and the I.U. McKinney School of Law and has taught multiple courses in aviation law.

From 1983 to 2008, JC was a pilot, instructor, and check airman with ATA Airlines. He also served on the ICAO Disruptive Passenger Task Force and various committees of the Airlines for America. In 2008, JC formed Solutions Air Charter and has served as director of operations since that time.

In 2005, JC was appointed as a Designated Pilot Examiner with authorizations for all fixed-wing ratings/ certificates and type ratings in the CE-500/550/560 and CE-525.

He is a member of AOPA, the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association, the International Air & Transportation Safety Bar Association, and Quiet Birdmen. He is the chairman of the board of the Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame, Inc. and serves on the boards of Science on Tap, Inc. and Heroes Club, Inc.. He also volunteers with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department.