| Trans International Staff |
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| Steve
Korin |
CEO |
| Steve
comes to Trans International with a broad background. A 63 year
old retired History teacher, educational website designer, ATP Captain
with over 1500 hours, and former Orlando Operations manager for
a leading Virtual Airline, Steve is a natural for the International
Operations Manager position And has been in VA Management for over
6 years. Steve, and his family live in Dix
Hills, Long Island, NY.
Steve is responsible for TI's worldwide operations and flight
routes. Steve works as an Educational Specialist and Product Developer
of educational software. |
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| Roy
Cantu |
General Manager Metro West Airways |
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| Roy
is a resident of Eureka, CA. He is a retired Navy submariner who
has traveled throughout the world as well as under its oceans. He
has flown aboard numerous aircraft from the Lear 35 on up to the
Air Force C-5 Galaxy as well as small piston powered and commercial
aircraft. As a self employed photographer, you might find him wandering
around the volcanoes of Hawaii, in Alaska, or the desert Southwest
and Sierras, shooting photographs. |
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| James
Taylor |
Flight
Crew Manager
Manager - Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Miami, Rio De Janeiro,
San Francisco & Tokyo |
| James
"Mick" Taylor is a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area.
He has over 16 years in the travel industry including both airlines
and cruise lines. Mick worked for Trans International Airlines after
they merged with Transamerica Airlines and was based in Oakland,
CA. He has performed almost every duty in the airlines including
cabin crew member, flight operations and scheduling, airport passenger
service manager, reservations agent and training officer. Mick was
also Chief Purser on board the ships of Royal Viking Line for many
years before returning to shore where he is now a Professor of Computer
Sciences at a leading Bay Area College. |
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| Steven
Rodriquez |
Technical
Support |
| Steven
lives in Greenville, SC with his wife and four golden retrievers.
He is an ex-Navy corpsman and grew up living all over the world
in Asia, Europe, and all over the United States. While stationed
with the Marine Corps in North Carolina he had the opportunity to
fly in CH-53 and CH-46 helicopters and has loved flying ever since.
He has some private pilot training, and has flow in F4 and B-52
simulators. He is one of the original founders of Trans International
Airlines. |
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| Robert
Barrett |
Fleet Development and Design Manager |
| Robert
Barrett lives in Austin, Texas and his high quality, complex
aircraft painting are recognized in the field. Bob is 43,
and Texas born. After spending 14 years in the Army, Bob is now
a PC technician and website builder. Flight simulation became a
hobby for Bob since the age of the Commodore 64, and now Bob's paints
some of Trans International's latest aircraft! Besides painting,
Bob is also a songwriter and plays guitar in a band. |
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| Joe
Dinolfo |
Chief
Operations Officer |
| Joe
has been an avid flightsim enthusiast for the past seven years.
He is a 38 year old husband and father of two presently living in
a suburb of Toronto, Ontario Canada. Joe is a Account Executive
and Project Management consultant in the health care industry. His
interests wide and diverse He fosters an attitude of continued improvement
in every activity he is part of. Captain Dinolfo is also master
of the lead guitar and always has a large contingency of stewardesses
following him around the terminal. |
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| Nigel
Risk |
Manager
- London/Gatwick |
| Nigel
Risk is married with four children ages 8/13/15/16. He works for
the local council as a parking officer. Nigel is forty one years
old and a resident of Maidenhead Berkshire United Kingdom. This
town is 15 miles from Heathrow airport and a mile from the local
aerodrome which operates mainly prop aircraft over Nigel's house.
Nigel's been flying flight sim for around three to four years now
and loves it. His hobbies include building PC's, problem solving
on PC's and flying around the world mainly virtually. Nigel's been
to Germany, the Channel Islands and recently to Hong Kong. This
was a fantastic trip. Nigel looks forward to his post running the
EGLL hub, and is in the process of setting up my own website (still
in the build process). |
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| Mark Gottesman |
Logistics
Manager
Manager - New York/John F. Kennedy |
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a child, Mark's father used to bring him and his younger brother
to Idlewild/John F. Kennedy Airport to watch the planes. Mark became
interested in computers and bought his first Flight Simulator "Sublogic
FS2" in the early 80's. He has been hooked ever since. In his
real life, this 49 year old Carpenter was born and raised in New
York, NY. His pastimes include golf, photography, travel and, of
course, flying. Living in the vicinity of La Guardia and Kennedy
Airports, Mark is able to enjoy his fascination with Aviation. Mark
would like to thank his wife Terre, for her patience and understanding
in his Virtual Pilot Career. |
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| Alex
& Alan Orlale |
Air
Traffic Developers |
| Alex
and Alan were born in Nairobi, Kenya, and are twins. Currently,
they live with their mother and grandmother in Tustin, CA. Alex
and Alan came to the US during their 8th grade year and are currently
in our Senior Year at Tustin High (located in Orange County, CA).
Their hobbies are flight simming, model airplane collecting, drawing
and soccer. After high school both Alex and Alan are going to go
to Mount San Antonio collage (in CA) to become real airline pilots.
The twins currently have jobs working at John Wayne Airport in the
restaurants in the departures area, and love the US of A. Alex and
Alan are currently developing TIA Air Traffic, which will be featured
on TIA's Fleet Page. |
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