Richard Praser

Experience

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  Mercury Air Cargo

  Feb 1999 - Aug 2000

  Operations Lead

  Worked office and warehouse ops and supervised the buildup and paperwork for flights leaving the US and going to Hong Kong and beyond. Learned about the air cargo business from the bottom up.

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  Pacific Air Cargo

  Aug 2000 - Nov 2000

  Evening Operations Manager

  In charge of the operations (really all of the ops, as they only flew at night) for all of the LAX to HNL freight on a single nightly chartered aircraft.

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  Southern Air

  Nov 2000 - Feb 2003

  LoadMaster

  LoadMaster for Southern Air, Inc. - traveling around the world in the back of a 747. Basically living on the airplane for a week at a time. Many adventures were had all over the world.

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  T&G Flying Club

  Apr 2003 - Jul 2003

  Flight Instructor

  Worked as a flight instructor in Cleveland, OH. $13 per hour to start - per flight hour that is. You worked in the office for free waiting for students to show up. Left to go and finish up my last semester of school back in L.A. and teach in Southern California.

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  ClearedForTheOption.com Flight Training

  May 2004 - Feb 2007

  Owner/Chief Flight Instructor

  I taught people how to fly in Los Angeles, CA and throughout Southern California as a independent flight instructor operating out of Santa Monica Airport. (SMO)

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  Euro Cargo Express

  May 2004 - Feb 2006

  Import/Export Agent

  Ran the west coast ops for a freight forwarder - first by myself and then with another agent. Small title for a big job. The company mostly handled the import...ation of shoes into the USA for big name designers and big shoe companies. Although we did misc. freight also. This was a great gig because I was able to teach people to fly at the same time as working here.

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  Skyway Airlines, D.B.A. Midwest Connect

  Feb 2007 - Jul 2007

  BE-1900 Pilot

  BE-1900 First Officer

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  Mesa Airlines, Inc.

  Aug 2007 - Jan 2010

  CRJ-200, -700, -900 Pilot

  Flew CRJ-200's and CRJ-700's under the banner: United Express all over the Midwest, East Coast, and South while based out of O'Hare Airport in Chicago, IL. I was furloughed in January of 2010.

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  USA Jet Airlines

  Aug 2010 - Jun 2011

  MD-80 / DC-9 Pilot

  I flew DC-9's (On-Demand Air Cargo & Passenger Charters - mostly trips to Mexico for auto parts and college basketball teams) and MD-80's (Passenger Charters for the Boston Bruins & U2)

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  JetBlue

  Jun 2011 - now

  A321/A320 Captain

  Bringing humanity back to air travel - one flight at a time. Performed the duties of Pilot-in-Command on scheduled A320 and A321 flights throughout our entire network. (Both within the Continental US and Internationally) We provide for our customers: the most legroom in coach, 30+ Channels of DirecTv, Free Internet, and all the snacks you can eat. (and FULL cans of soda... all you can drink)