Gil Baker

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Aug 1992 - Jul 2012

  Directed 17 members of the Air Force’s Advanced Instrument School, Flight Policy and Procedures and Cockpit-Integration Divisions. Directed flight operations of two advanced technology Lear 35 aircraft used for avionics development, electronic flight bag integration and flight instrumentation endorsement. Integrated emerging technologies and procedures into Air Force flight operations in coordination with the Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, and International Civil Aviation Organization. Show less Directed 125 Standardization/Evaluation Flight Examiners in the corporation’s largest Standardization/ Evaluation division. Administered performance management of flight and mission crew members by evaluating more than 1,800 annual flight and simulator events. Evaluated aircrews for peak operational proficiency by conducting formal and informal evaluations of division training programs. Developed, validated and implemented plans and procedures in concert with corporate headquarters for worldwide aircraft employment. Led six overseas deployments of Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, organizing flight operations, logistics and maintenance for 18 aircrews. Show less Director of Operations for a 113 person division comprised of military, civilian and contractor personnel. Led five diverse mission areas supporting all flying operations flown in and out of Tinker Airfield. Directed Air Traffic Control, Base Operations, Weather, Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems Maintenance, Transient Alert and readiness/resource management. Managed and supervised the review of 2,200 aircrew records in the corporation’s largest aviation resource management office. Flight Safety advisor to the CEO. Show less Managed, developed and trained 70 international pilots from 13 nations with over 350 hours of flight instruction. Employed NATO flight safety programs for Boeing AWACS and 707 Cargo Aircraft. Administered the performance management program for 140 aircrew members in two Boeing aircraft and full-motion flight simulator. Validated international training program ensuring global operational readiness. Supervised the planning, coordination, and execution of sensitive operational missions throughout European theater. Planned operations and organized three aircrews for flights into former Soviet-bloc airfield, ensuring interoperability with 15 different nations as NATO Air Meet lead pilot. Show less Deputy Chief of Financial Management of the U. S. Air Force's MILSTAR Satellite Joint Program Office. Planned, forecasted, monitored and executed all major efforts within the MILSTAR satellite program’s $1 billion annual budget. Developed and briefed monthly internal management reviews to system program director on budget execution status. Managed MILSTAR management reserve by integrating and updating approved requirements into the budget baseline and facilitated meetings between project officers and programming/integration chief. Show less

  • Director, Operations Policy and Standards

    Oct 2011 - Jul 2012

  • Deputy Director, Instrument Procedures Center

    Sept 2008 - Sept 2011

  • Chief of Standardization/Evaluation

    Apr 2007 - Aug 2008

  • Director of Operations

    Jul 2004 - Mar 2007

  • NATO Chief of Safety, Flight Instructor, Flight Examiner

    May 2001 - Jun 2004

  • Chief of Safety/Aircraft Commander

    Apr 1998 - Apr 2001

  • Copilot/Student Pilot

    Jun 1996 - Mar 1998

  • Deputy Chief of Financial Management

    Aug 1992 - May 1996
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  Pragmatics, Inc.

  Nov 2012 - Sept 2013

  Operations Research Specialist

  Editor of the FAA’s Instrument Procedures Handbook, the technical publication for professional pilots operating under instrument flight conditions in the National Airspace System. Executive Secretary of the U.S. Instrument Flight Procedures Panel. Organizes, coordinates and presents new instrument flight procedures criteria semi-annually during a two-day conference involving members of air traffic control, terminal instrument procedures, aircraft certification, airports and airspace. Provides pilot/aircrew expertise to instrument procedure criteria developers. Employs FAA safety management system (SMS) criteria in the review of all technical orders. Show less

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  DIGITALiBiz, Inc.

  Oct 2013 - Aug 2014

  Program Management Analyst II

  Editor of the FAA’s Instrument Procedures Handbook, the technical publication for professional pilots operating under instrument flight conditions in the National Airspace System. Executive Secretary of the U.S. Instrument Flight Procedures Panel. Organizes, coordinates and presents new instrument flight procedures criteria semi-annually during a two-day conference involving members of air traffic control, terminal instrument procedures, aircraft certification, airports and airspace. Pilot Subject Matter Expert (SME) to instrument procedure criteria developers. Employs FAA safety management system (SMS) criteria in the review of all technical orders. Show less

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  Atlas Air

  Aug 2014 - May 2015

  Boeing 747 First Officer
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  American Airlines

  May 2015 - now

  First Officer