John Russack
Bio
VP Flight Operations | Breeze Airways
John Russack is the Vice President of Flight Operations at Breeze Airways and has 10,000 hours of airline flight time. He earned his M.S. in Human Factors in Aeronautics from Florida Tech in May of 2021 and has a B.A. in German and Political Science from the University of Arizona. His coursework and professors at Florida Tech provided him technical perspectives and ideas for evaluating and designing processes and procedures for a strong safety culture.
John began his career with Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA)/Delta Connection on the ATR 72 and has flown various aircraft at airlines in Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Australia, His management experience has been both overseas and here at home and includes being on the start-up team for Air Mekong in Vietnam.
John lives in Salt Lake City and enjoys hiking and exploring all that Utah and the surrounding area have to offer outdoors.
Education
University of Arizona - B.A. in German and Political Science
Florida Tech - M.S. in Human Factors in Aeronautics