Eric Hinson has been named president of flight training provider SimCom. Most recently he served as executive v-p of FlightSafety International.
BBA Aviation has promoted Maria Sastre to president of Signature Flight Support. She will keep her previous title of COO and will report to Michael Scheeringa, who is now president of the company’s flight support division, which includes Signature and ASIG. Pat Pearse, previously managing director of the company’s ASIG Europe group, was named managing director of BBA Aviation Flight Support for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The UK-based company also named former business unit CFO Doug Meador as president of its Dallas Airmotive turbine engine maintenance subsidiary. He succeeds Hugh McElroy, who will take on the new role of president of group business development. BBA also promoted Mark Taylor from general manager to managing director of its UK-based H+S Aviation subsidiary and Geoff Heck from Signature Flight Support’s regional v-p for the Midwest to senior v-p of sales and marketing.
