Press Release

Issued by FlightSafety International.

July 22, 2014

FlightSafety International announces that Alex Thurmond has been promoted to an assistant manager of its Learning Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

“We are pleased that Alex has joined the St. Louis Center leadership team,” said Daniel MacLellan, vice president, operations. “Since coming to FlightSafety more than 15 years ago, Alex has made many significant contributions to the high quality training and outstanding services we provide. His work with our internal training programs has helped many of our Teammates to excel in their jobs and to further improve their service to our customers.”

Alex joined FlightSafety in 1998 as an instructor and held a number of positions with increasing responsibility. They included program manager, director of standards and director of training for the Toledo Learning Center. Alex was promoted to his most recent role as a regional director of training operations in 2010. His responsibilities included providing primary support to seven of FlightSafety's Learning Centers, and helping to develop, implement and deliver internal training programs.

He graduated from Warren National University in Cheyenne, Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He received a Masters in Business Administration from Salem International University in Salem, West Virginia. Alex is type rated in four Cessna Citation aircraft and has more than 3,000 flight hours and 2,000 in simulators as an instructor. He holds Airline Transport Pilot and Commercial Pilot certificates. Alex is also a certified flight instructor, advanced ground school instructor, multi-engine instructor and training center evaluator.