Seminar: United Airlines Chief and Most Senior Pilot - Oct. 26
Brian Petrovich
Chief and Most Senior Pilot, United Airlines
Monday, Oct 26 | 1:30 - 2:45 P.M. | AERO N250
Please join Mark Sirangelo as he welcomes Brian Petrovich, one of the most accomplished commercial airline pilots in the world, for a discussion of all things piloting, commercial aircraft and global flight operations.
Brian Petrovich has been flying of over 40 years. ÌýHe graduated with a BS in Aviation Management from Auburn University School of Engineering. ÌýAt the time of his graduation he had already accumulated over 1,100 hours of flight accumulated through flight instruction and pilot services.
He has been a captain for Atlantic Southeast Airlines and then United Airlines starting in 1985 and continuing to this year. ÌýBrian has flown many different aircraft including the Boeing 727, 737, 757, 767, 777, 787 and DC-10 and has totaled nearly 30,000 hours in commercial flight.
Beyond his amazing piloting history, Brian has served in numerous aviation leadership positions including flight instructor, ATP check pilot, Quality Control check pilot, new pilot interviewer, chairman of United’s pilot selection board, United’s worldwide flight operations manager, 9/11 recovery return to flight team chairman and airline pilot union committees.
Mark N. Sirangelo created and hosts the CU Future Insight Seminar Series as CU’s Entrepreneur-Scholar in Residence. He is a prior Chairman of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Board and the DoD’s Space Advisory Committee and served as Special Assistant to the NASA Administrator helping to develop NASA’s return to the Moon. Mark was the founding executive and head of Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space Systems and has served as the Chief Innovation Officer of Colorado.