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Stuart Graham

Chief Executive Officer

The CEO - Stuart Graham’s aviation experience comes from over 50 years in commercial aviation, starting initially as a general aviation flying instructor through to airline flight examiner with approvals covering NZ CAA parts 135,125 and 121. He has held instructor approvals continuously since qualifying as a C Cat Instructor. Licences held include Australian (CASA), USA (FAA), Vanuatu (CAAV), Fiji (CAAF) and PNG(CASA).


Having held a ATPL for over 30 years, he has flown many General Aviation types and corporate aircraft, including (Cessna CJ1,3 and 4, C580 and C510). In the airline environment, he has flown DCH8, ATR, B737 and BAe146 types.
Stuart has over 20,000 hours roughly split 50/50 between light aircraft (Instructing and Aerial work) and Airline/corporate flying.


Stuart’s management experience comes from various senior person roles in aviation, which have included CFI, Fleet Manager, Manager of Flight Operations, Manager of Training, Safety Systems Manager, and CEO roles. He has held NZ CAA senior person roles continuously for the past 28 years.


Stuart also owns and runs his own NZ CAA Part 141 Training organisation, specialising in web-based courses for staff involved in aviation.

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