Flight safety promotes distinguished air force veteran to vice president simulation

November 1st 2017

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Global flight training company, FlightSafety International, has appointed Scott Goodwin from general manager simulation to vice president simulation at the New York headquartered group. Read More » Goodwin joined FlightSafety International as deputy director special projects in 2014 and was promoted to executive director in 2015. He will have overall responsibility for the design, manufacture and support of FlightSafety’s full flight simulators and other advanced technology training devices.

“We are pleased to promote Scott,” said FlightSafety executive vice president, Ray Johns.“He has the experience, leadership qualities and business skills required to strengthen FlightSafety’s position as a world leader in the design, manufacture and support of simulation products.”

Goodwin is a highly experienced pilot with more than 3,500 hours in a variety of aircraft. He served with the U.S. Air Force for 30 years, retiring in 2013 with the rank of brigadier general. He was director of operations for the U.S. Air Mobility Command and oversaw the training and evaluation of more than 20,000 flight crew personnel operating 1,300 aircraft worldwide.

He holds a bachelor of aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a master of science in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University where he was a Guggenheim Fellow. Additionally, Goodwin has a master of arts in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval College and was a senior executive fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

FlightSafety International is a professional aviation training company and a supplier of full simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organisations. The company provides 1.4 million hours of training every year to pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories.