Trans International Staff
   
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.
 
Roy Cantu General Manager Metro West Airways
    
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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). 
 
Mark Gottesman Logistics Manager
Manager - New York/John F. Kennedy
As 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.
 
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.