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Flight Safety International names new CEO
March 6th 2020
Textron senior executive, Brad Thress, is the new CEO and president of global flight training group, Flight Safety International, succeeding David Davenport. Read More »
Thress, a 27-year veteran of Textron Aviation, was most recently senior vice president global parts, program and flight operations at the aerospace giant and president of Able Aerospace. He has held leadership roles at Textron in engineering, flight operations and customer service and was vice president of business jets at Cessna.
He is a engineering graduate from the University of Tennessee and holds an MBA from Baker University.