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Christiansen joins Flight Safety team

Christiansen will lead FlightSafety’s ongoing efforts to increase
the support it provides to customers who live outside the United States.
He will explore all viable opportunities to enhance and expand the
programs and services they receive and to increase FlightSafety’s
presence and appeal around the world. This will include the potential
establishment of new facilities and augmenting the programs offered at
FlightSafety’s current locations.

“We
are very pleased that Jim has joined FlightSafety,” said Bruce Whitman,
President/CEO. “Jim’s experience and ability to understand and respond
to Customer needs will further strengthen FlightSafety’s position as the
world’s leading aviation training company”.

Christiansen is a
highly respected leader in the aviation industry. He most recently
served as Vice President of Sales for Hawker business jets in the
Eastern United States. He was previously with NetJets for close to 10
years and held the positions of Senior Vice President, National
Accounts; President, NetJets Aviation; and Senior Vice President,
Corporate Sales. Christiansen also served as Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer of TAG Aviation USA; President, Wayfarer
Aviation; and President, Eastern Region of K-C Transportation Services.

Christiansen
graduated from Montclair State College with a Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration and completed numerous management courses,
including the Executive Program at Stanford University. Jim served as
Chairman of the National Air Transportation Association, the Federal
Aviation Administration’s Fractional Ownership Aircraft Rule Making
Committee, and the Air Charter Safety Foundation.

Christiansen's
service in the United States Army included a tour in Vietnam as a
helicopter pilot, and two years as a flight instructor. He received the
Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, and Air Medal “with V” and 26
Oak Leaf Clusters. He has over 5,500 flight hours and holds Commercial,
Instrument Multiengine fixed wing and Commercial, and Instructor Rotary
Wing ratings.