EP #020 - Aviation Growth Podcast

Alex Almonte, Regional Sales Manager at Western Aircraft stops by the GHC Studio in Florida for a conversation with Greg on episode 020 of the Aviation Growth Podcast. Following his time at Embry Riddle in Daytona, Alex became an FAA Air Traffic Controller. After 2 years at PBI, he decided to make the move into aircraft maintenance and has spent the last 10+ years in aircraft maintenance at companies like Starport, Constant Aviation, and now Western Aircraft.

Western Aircraft is an authorized service center, certified aircraft repair station (FE6R532N), and worldwide distributor of parts and avionics for many of the world’s top aircraft manufacturers and OEMs such as Dassault Falcon, Pilatus, Embraer, Beechcraft, King Air, Cessna, Piper, Kodiak, Honeywell, and Collins. Western Aircraft has become one of the West's largest aircraft services companies, offering maintenance, aircraft sales, avionics sales & installation, aircraft parts sales, FBO services, airline fueling, aircraft charters, and aircraft management.

In this episode, Greg and Alex dive into a conversation about:

• The hidden gem of Boise, Idaho

• The core capabilities of Western Aircraft

• Western’s plans for expansion & new hangar space

• Keys to planning MRO maintenance for DOMs

• Approach to selling products & service in Aviation

• Alex’s secondary career as a racecar driver

• Cryptocurrency, NFTs, and the future of the blockchain in aviation

• “Blue H.E.L.P.” - Preventing suicide and supporting the families of officers lost to suicide

To connect with Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/almontealexander/

To learn more about Western Aircraft, visit: https://www.westair.com/

To learn more about Blue H.E.L.P. - https://bluehelp.org

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