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About the Fusion Airways Management Team
On this page, you can get to know the people behind the scenes of Fusion Airways and the people who help Fusion's day to day operation run without turbulence.
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Jordan Greene |
| Chief Executive Officer |
Hometown: |
Scarsdale, New York |
Favorite Aircraft: |
EADS Socata TBM 850 |
Window or Aisle? |
Window |
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Mr.Greene has been a frequent name within the VA community for the past 10 years. Since the late 1990s Jordan has been expanding his knowledge of aviation through Flight Simulation. A member since 2004, Jordan has racked up over 700 hours of flying time on the VATSIM network. Aside from Fusion Jordan also founded GlobalAirlines, an airline started back in 2001. While staff at other airlines Jordan was able to use his knowledge of real world operations to bring a sense of realism to the simulation. Jordans experience ranges from:
- Metro Airlines (2000 - 2001)
- GlobalAirlines (2001 - 2006)
- Alaska Virtual
- Hello Airways
Aside from the virtual world, Jordan is a Private Pilot with well over 100 hours in single engine aircraft such as the Cessna C172, and Cirrus SR20 and SR22 aircraft. He also enjoys golf as well as skiing while at his second home near Vail Colorado.
Jordan founded Fusion Airways in late 2006, with the aim of creating a VA unlike any other in the world. He plans to introduce the fast expansion and modern fleet of a new world carrier with the realism required to make VA succeed in today's competitive market.
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Bobby Cosgrove |
| President & Chief Operating Officer |
Hometown: |
Denver, Colorado |
Favorite Aircraft: |
Airbus A320 |
Window or Aisle? |
Window |
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Mr. Cosgrove a wealth of knowledge, and expereince in the Virtual Aviation Community. Mr. Cosgrove has been a member of VATSIM since 2005, and has logged nearly 2,500 hours on the VATSIM network as both a pilot and an air traffic controller. Shortly after joining VATSIM, Mr. Cosgrove was hired as Assistant Training Director at American Virtual Airlines. In early 2006, Mr. Cosgrove became Assistant Hub Manager for Denver based Virtual Frontier Airlines. Mr. Cosgrove also served as Chief Executive Officer of the now defunct Hello Airways. Mr. Cosgrove worked for ATA Virtual during late 2007, as Chief Technology Officer, and helped manage ATA Virtual's website. Mr. Cosgrove joined the Fusion Airways team in the Summer of 2007 as the Airline's President.
Outside of the virtual world, Cosgrove flies out of his local airport (Centennial Airport, CO - KAPA) in a Diamond DA-20-C1 "Katana." |
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Joe Wagner |
| Vice President of Operations & Planning |
Hometown: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Favorite Aircraft: |
Boeing 757-200 |
Window or Aisle? |
Window |
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Mr. Wagner has been a member of the Flight Simulator community for 8 years. He later joined the Vatsim network in April of 2006 as a pilot, and shortly thereafter as a Controller at the Albuquerque ARTCC. An interest in airline management led him to dabble with the "Airline" simulation game. Especially interested in aircraft scheduling and utilization, he joined Fusion Airways as the Aircraft Routing Planner in late 2007.
Outside the Virtual Airline, Mr. Wagner is a recently hired Air Traffic Controller at the Philadelphia ATCT. He also has 70 hours of flight time logged toward a Private Pilot's License in a Grumman AA-1. Away from aviation, he also enjoys photography.
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Tom Eddy |
| Vice President of Cargo and Charter Operations |
Hometown: |
Arlington, Virginia |
Favorite Aircraft: |
Boeing B-52 |
Window or Aisle? |
Window |
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Brendan Farmer |
| Vice President of Human Resources |
Hometown: |
Seattle, Washington |
Favorite Aircraft: |
Tupelov Tu-154M |
Window or Aisle? |
Window |
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Brendan Farmer has been a Flight Simmer for many years, starting on FS 98'. The first addon he learned to fly was the Alpha Software 747-200 for FS98. He still remembers learning the INS Systems and flying Heavies into Kai Tak at age 7. Brendan has been a very active participant on the VATSIM Network since 2006, acumunlating over 2000 hours, over 1000+ of which have been at Fusion Airways. Recently he join the virtual Denver ARTCC and controls within the Denver airspace.
Brendan also co-hosts the popular Flight Simulator podcast, FSBreak.
Outside of the internet realm, Brendan is a High School student who very much enjoys learning about history and sciences. He also flys a C172 at BFI (Boeing Field) and has only had 2 near death experiences with his 20+ hours of real world flying. Brendan also enjoys dabbling in photography. |
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Andrew Reynolds |
| Managing Director of Flight Crew Standards & Training |
Hometown: |
Calgary, Canada |
Favorite Aircraft: |
McDonnell Douglas MD-80 |
Window or Aisle? |
Window |
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Mr. Reynolds has been involved with all aspects of flight simulation since 1992, having first joined the industry using Sublogic's Flight Assignment: ATP. Throughout his flying career, Mr. Reynolds has flown Airbus A320, Boeing 727, 737, Embraer 170/190, McDonnell Douglas DC9, MD80/90 and MD11 equipment in the United States and Australia. Mr. Reynolds, a federally licensed Aircraft Dispatcher, specializes in performance training and standard operating procedure development for transport level carriers. He has flown for or held management positions at:
- SunAir Express
- CalJet Airlines
- Chesapeake Airways
- Meridian Airlines
- MidContinent Airlines
- VOZ Virtual
- Federal Express
Outside the Virtual Airline, Mr. Reynolds enjoys boating, hiking, skiing, and snowmobiling in northern Canada, as well flying remote controlled helicopters and detailing cars. |
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Luis Cortez |
| Events Coordinator |
Hometown: |
San Francisco, California |
Favorite Aircraft: |
Boeing 777 |
Window or Aisle? |
Window |
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Mr. Cortez has been around the virtual airline community for over two years now. A member of Vatsim since 2006, he has clocked over 400 hours on the network, and over 1200 hours on the simulator. Mr. Cortez has previous management experience as Orlando Hub Supervisor, and Vice President of Operations in the late Hello Airways. Cortez has been with the Fusion Airways team since the beginning as the San Francisco Station Manager.
Outside of the Virtual Airline community, Luis enjoys computer science and even constructed his own personal computer. He's a big fan of the L.A. based band, Helmet. At his school, he acts as the Command Sergeant Major of his ROTC battalion where his leadership skills contribute to help those at Fusion. After school, he plans on enlisting in the U.S Air Force.
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