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Safety, Compliance, Accountability
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Aviation Technical Consulting
Dave Colbert – Brief Bio
- Dave has 44 years of experience in aircraft operations, aircraft maintenance, and operating within the 14 CFR Part 135 regulatory environment. He is currently the General Manager of DC55 Group, LLC specializing in maintenance strategies for Part 135 Operators and Flight Departments.
- Dave completed 14+ years of employment with XOJET Aviation, LLC in May 2020. He was a member of XOJET’s Executive Leadership team. He was also on the Board of Directors of XOJET’s GMJ Airshuttle subsidiary, a 14 CFR Part 125 air carrier.
- §Dave is originally from Pittsburgh, PA. He graduated first in class from Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics. He started his professional career as an A&P technician with Grumman American (now Gulfstream Aerospace) in Savannah, GA in 1976. Over the decades Dave’s operational and leadership experience has grown to include international operations in Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; corporate flight operations with Chevron’s corporate flight department in San Francisco; aircraft management with Aviation Methods in San Francisco; aircraft charter, management, acquisition and sales, completion and FBO operations with ACM Aviation in San Jose, CA; high utilization, floating fleet maintenance and operations with XOJET Aviation, LLC in Brisbane, CA. Dave has unparalleled expertise in all facets of 14 CFR 135 operations. He enjoys a well-respected relationship with regulators, crew-members, employees, vendors, and industry leaders.
- Dave’s breadth of experience across all functional areas of an operation along with his general management skills provide his clients with tangible and actionable strategies for embodying a safety and compliance- oriented culture while driving operational efficiencies and commercial accountability within the maintenance organization.