New Post Follows More Than 22 Years At Global
Aerospace
Robert J. "Bob" Conyers (pictured, right) has joined
Baldwin Aviation as Director of Safety Management. An Airline
Transport Pilot (ATP) and Certified Flight Instructor (CFI),
Conyers comes to Baldwin from Global Aerospace, where he has served
for more than two decades, most recently as Manager of General
Aviation Safety.
"Bob's extensive experience in conducting safety audits with
flight departments, commercial companies, FBOs, airports and law
enforcement agencies dovetails very effectively with our
established record of helping flight departments create and
maintain an effective Safety Management System (SMS)," said Don
Baldwin, chief executive officer of Baldwin Aviation. "In his
previous roles, he's conducted more than 300 such audits, so he
knows what to look for, what works and why. We're really pleased to
have him join our team. He adds another dimension, and a valuable
one, since he can offer the insights he has gained in conducting
audits to help ensure our clients' readiness for the audits they
will face as a regular requirement of obtaining approval to operate
their aircraft internationally and in qualifying for and
maintaining IS-BAO Registration. Baldwin Aviation does not perform
audits but Bob's experience and current certification as an IS-BAO
auditor brings to our clients an extraordinary insight to help them
prepare for and maintain their SMS registration."
During his 22+ years at Global Aerospace, Conyers has also
been active on a variety of committees whose focus has been safety
and training. He served as a member of the National Air
Transportation Association's (NATA's) Flight training Committee for
the past 18 years and has chaired both the Federal Aviation
Administration's (FAA's) Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee
(1997-2001) and the National Business Aviation Association's
(NBAA's) Airspace & Air Traffic Committee (1995-2000). He is
currently a member of the NBAA Safety Committee, as well.
Prior to joining Global Aerospace, he was Director of Operations
at American Flyers, in Islip, New York from 1984-1988. He also
spent five years as an Air Traffic Controller at JFK Airport from
1976 to 1981, after serving eight years in the United States Navy
as a Naval Aviator from 1968-1976. Mr. Conyers has logged almost
7,000 hours of flight time, including more than 1,800 hours in
turbine aircraft and more than 1,600 hours as an instructor.
A graduate of the University of South Carolina with a bachelor
of science degree in Mathematics, he has also completed the
University of Southern California Systems Safety Management program
and graduated from the Aircraft Accident Investigation program at
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.