Southern California Aviation Announces Staff Changes

VICTORVILLE, Calif., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Ronald Q. Pye joined Southern California Aviation in 2006 as Vice President, Sales & Marketing. He brings with him over 25 years of qualifications in commercial, cargo, OEM & regional aviation. Mr. Pye's career began with Eastern Airlines where he served in several positions in sales and operations. He expanded a cargo carrier's military contracts before teaming up with Fairchild Dornier. "I am pleased to join an organization such as Southern California Aviation, which has such a world class reputation", says Mr. Pye.

Recently Kathie Suttles was appointed as National Sales Manager. As an integral part of the Sales and Marketing Team for SCA, Kathie will direct marketing, communications and advertising strategies, as well as maintain excellent customer relationships for the Victorville, California business. She will be based in Atlanta, GA. "Suttles brings a wealth of aviation industry experience in marketing and promotion, sales and customer service. We are delighted to have Kathie join our organization as we continue to grow our business in the U. S. and globally and introduce new services that our company can provide to aircraft owners, leasing companies, airlines, and air cargo companies", says Ronald Q. Pye. "Kathie is a passionate individual with over 20 years of industry experience making her the right person to champion our customer relationships and build new business around the customer driven services that we provide at Southern California Aviation."

Also Angela Hancock was promoted to Director of Contracts for SCA. Angela formerly served Southern California Aviation as Assistant Controller, and brings over 20 years of finance background to her new position.

About Southern California Aviation:

Southern California Aviation, LLC is a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Company and Aviation Assurance Company. We are a facility that is always ready to provide the capabilities, location and commitment to customers with their transitional aircraft needs. We are the industry's premier facility for receiving, storing, maintaining, reconfiguring and redeploying transitional aircraft. For information: http://www.scaviation.com