Chris Kirby

Experience

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  US Navy

  Jun 1996 - Aug 2010

  11/05-08/07 Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF), Current Operations Officer (West), Air Services Coordinator for the entire West Coast operating area.06/04-11/05 USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3), Tower Operator, Flight Deck Handler06/02-05/04 Helicopter Training Squadron Eighteen, Aircraft Commander: TH-57B/C (B206), Advanced Helicopter Flight Instructor, Tactics Instructor, Maintenance Check Pilot, Standardization (line) Check Pilot, Instrument Check Pilot02/99-05/02 Helicopter Combat Support Squardron FIVE, Mission Commander: CH/HH-46D. Navy Special Weapons Flight Instructor, Night Vision Device Instructor, Search and Rescue Pilot, Maintenance Check Pilot, Search and Rescue Officer/Check Pilot Show less

  • Helicopter Pilot/Operations

    Aug 2008 - Aug 2010

  • Operations

    Jun 1996 - Jul 2008
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  US Navy

  May 2013 - Jun 2016

  Officer in Charge of all facilities on San Clemente Island; facilitates and support all naval operations on and around the Island, to include management of the island's air field and aviation support facilities.Management of a isolated base on San Clemente island. Duties include contract negotiation and management, liaison between military and civilian entities, ensuring compliance with state and federal environmental regulations, and oversight of all aviation and maritime support operations. The overall goal is to ensure continued naval training and operations on the island for now and the foreseeable future. Show less

  • Helicopter Pilot/Naval Officer

    Dec 1995 - Jun 2016

  • Officer in Charge (OIC)

    May 2013 - May 2016
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  Civic Helicopters

  Aug 2013 - now

  Certified Flight Instructor

  A staff flight instructor at Civic Helicopters. Instructing in the S-300C, R-44 and the R-22 to those pursuing certification as a Private, Commercial, Flight Instructor, or Airline Transport Helicopter pilot. Certified Flight Instructor Instrument (CFII) Helicopter with over 3300 hours total flight time, with over 1100 hours flight instructing.

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  Vincennes University

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2016

  Adjunct Professor

  Teaching Pre-Calculus (MA 102), Algebra I (MA 013), Algebra II (MA 016), Trigonometry (MA 104) and Statistics (MA 110) to Navy and DOD personnel.

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  Envoy Air

  Jun 2016 - Sept 2022

  Captain on the Embraer 175 based at DFW First Officer in the ERJ175.

  • Captain

    Feb 2019 - Sept 2022

  • Rotor Transition Program Pilot Recruiter

    Jun 2018 - Sept 2022

  • First Officer

    Jun 2016 - Feb 2019
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  American Airlines

  Oct 2022 - now

  First Officer