Ron Cruz joins CommutAir from Flightcheck Commercial Aviation Services where he established and ran its successful Dulles operation. Lon received an AAT in Aviation Technology and his A&P License from Williamsport Area Community College in 1985. He is one of the world's authorities of the ERJ145 platform. He became Continental Express' Regional Director after it merged with Bar Harbor and rose to Director of Maintenance of its ExpressJet incarnation over the next decade. During that time, his fleet included Beech 99, C-99, 1900c, EMB 110, CV-600, Saab 340, ATR-42, and Cessna 402 aircraft. Lon joined Bar Harbor Airlines, in 1985, as an A&P mechanic, after leaving the Air Force and rapidly progressed to Director of Maintenance, with stints as QC Instructor, QC Supervisor and Maintenance Manager. Lon Ziegler joins CommutAir from Expressjet Airlines where he was the Director of Maintenance with full oversight of the airline's Part 119 certificate with more than 400 aircraft and 1,300 technical operations employees. Robert has an MS in Aviation Science from Everglades University and a BS in Aerospace Administration from Middle Tennessee State University. At Avantair, Robert facilitated a double-digit increase in dispatch availability at Republic, his focus was on improving heavy check work flows at Continental, he led the material planning component of the Boeing 777 entry and developed the ~$1 Bill inventory plan and at Midway Airlines, he authored maintenance planning policies, procedures, and programs, including those that drove the early certification and induction of the A320. His two decades in the airline industry, includes tenures at Silver Airways, Avantair, Republic, Continental, Midway, and Triad. DeGrie joins CommutAir from Silver Airways, where he served as Director of Engineering and managed the Engineering, Maintenance Programs, Maintenance Training, Production Planning, and CASS functions. "And I am glad that, like most of us at CommutAir, they see the thrill in helping transform our platform to support our huge Embraer jet growth plan". "I am proud that we were able to attract operations executives of the caliber of Robert, Lon and Ron to CommutAir, and I am grateful for their confidence in our team and our growth story" commented Subodh Karnik, President & CEO. Robert DeGrie and Lon Ziegler will report to CommutAir's Vice President of Maintenance, James W Page II. Cruz will be responsible for maintenance operations at CommutAir's largest aircraft base
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