Kevin Betson
Flight Operations Support


Kevin's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree from San Jose State University in Aeronautical Engineering with an emphasis in Maintenance Management, and a minor in Business Administration. During this time in San Jose, Kevin was a Flight Instructor at Pacific Piper providing instruction in everything from Cessna 150's to Piper Navajos. Upon graduation in 1986, he had accumulated over 3000 flight hours, an Airframe and Powerplant certificate and a Learjet Type Rating. His first job following his formal education was flying DHC-6 Twin Otters for Trans World Express out of Santa Ana, California. In 1988 he obtained a position with the Koll Company real estate flight department where he flew a Learjet 35 almost exclusively in international operations. In 1995 he joined Toyota Motors/AirFlite as a captain on a Falcon 50, progressing to lead captain on the Gulfstream IV. He earned his Gulfstream V type rating in October 1997 and a Global Express type rating in August 1999, becoming one of the first pilots to be dual type rated in the new generation of ultra-long-range business jets. He has flown into all 50 states and in over 80 countries worldwide in the past ten years and has accumulated over 1200 hours in the Gulfstream V. Kevin also assists Gulfstream Aerospace's Long Beach facility with Gulfstream IV and V post completion, technical appraisal and customer acceptance test flights.

Certifications:
Airline Transport Pilot
Airplane Multi-Engine Land
Airframe and Powerplant Rating

Type Ratings:
GIV, GV, BD-700, Learjet, DA50

Total Time:
14000 hours