Management Team

Bud Sittig	President, Chief Operating Officer Lawrence "Bud" Sittig has over 40 years experience in the aviation industry. He began his career serving in the Air National Guard and retired with the rank of Brigadier General from the Colorado Air National Guard. While in the Reserves, Bud joined Delta Airlines as a line pilot, served as both Executive Administrator for the Air Line Pilots Association and General Manager of Flight Operations, and concluded his work at Delta as Director of Flight Safety. In 2004 Bud was hired as Vice President of Operations for Skybus, a start-up airline out of Columbus Ohio. He was actively involved in the FAA certification process, raising $166 million in equity, and managed the day-to-day operations of the airline. In 2008, he founded Flight Guidance LLC, a company that is leading the move to a paperless approach to airline operations. Bud is a native of South Dakota, a graduate of South Dakota State, and a Fellow of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Chris Grazel	Senior Vice President, Flight Operations Chris Grazel started his aviation career over 30 years ago after graduating from the US Naval Academy. He primarily flew the F-14 Tomcat for the Navy and accumulated over 400 carrier arrested landings. He is a graduate of the Naval Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) and served as Commanding Officer, Executive Officer and Director of Operations of Naval Reserve units. He spent 20 years at US Airways and was a Check Airman and Assistant Chief Pilot before being recruited to start America's first Ultra Low Cost Airline, Skybus, as their first Chief Pilot. After Skybus Chris was the VP of Flight Operations for Spirit Airlines and most recently the Executive Director/COO of the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, OH. He has a M.S. degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from Villanova University.
Dean Sinerius	Vice President, Technical Operations Dean has 35 years of experience in aircraft maintenance and maintenance management with FAA Airframe and Power Plant Certification. He began his career in the US Navy as a P-3 flight engineer and later joined Northwest Orient as an A&P mechanic for 6 years before being promoted to management. Dean spent 18 years with Northwest in various management positions before moving on to Champion Air as the Director of Technical Programs. Dean has also worked in management and leadership positions for GE Aircraft Engines, America West, Frontier and the Mesa Air Group. Most notable among his accomplishments are the creation, subsequent FAA approval and implementation of the Aircraft Maintenance Reliability Program and the maintenance tracking and planning computer systems (Trax and Omega) while working with Champion Air and The Mesa Air Group. Dean graduated from Inver Hills College in Minneapolis, MN, with a degree in Aviation Business Management.
Bret Ebaugh	Chief Pilot This “Eagle Scout” has been involved in aviation for over 20 years. He has over 12,500 hours in over 70 different types of aircraft, from very small aerobatic aircraft to international transatlantic heavy Boeing aircraft. Bret has flown for PSA, EOS and Pluna Airlines where he has performed such duties as Check Airman (both in simulators and aircraft), an Aircrew Program Designee (Designated Examiner) in addition to acting as the Manager of Flight Standards. At EOS he was captain certified on the Boeing 757, ETOPS and Cat 3b qualified. His latest assignment was as a Bombardier certified International Examiner and Instructor on their entire CRJ aircraft family throughout South America. Bret has taught and performed Aerobatics throughout the U.S. and Mexico and placed second at the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships in 1993.
Dave Love	Director of Safety Captain Dave Love brings to CP Air over 40 years of aviation experience, logging over 13,000 flight hours in aircraft ranging from the Cessna 172 to the KC-10. He has trained US Air Force and Airline flight crews to safely operate aircraft, and evaluated that performance for the vast majority of his career. He has developed and conducted training in all phases of airline operations from proficiency training for line pilots, instructor pilots, check airmen and designated examiners, to human factors, risk and error management. Beginning in 1990, Captain Love was called to assist in the cultural transition for US Airways to implement the basic human factors training of Crew Resource Management (CRM), which began a 15 year path to the implementation of Advanced Qualification Programs on the A-320 fleet at US Airways. This experience has placed him on the leading edge of the current safety practices, and prepared him to build and manage that culture at CP Air.
Patrick Randall	Chief Inspector Patrick Randall brings 35 years of aviation maintenance experience to the Chief Inspector position. Following four years as a B-52 electrician in the Air Force at Fairchild Air Force Base, Patrick assumed the role of mechanic for Imperial Airlines, a Part 135 carrier operating from Carlsbad's airport. During the next phase of his career, Patrick worked for the major carriers of Continental, PSA, and US Airways. He performed "C" Check Maintenance and avionics repairs and served as Electrician and Maintenance Controller. He continued on with US Airways being promoted to Line Maintenance Supervisor and then Maintenance Supervisor, and ultimately became responsible for all aspects of the airline's Maintenance Operations at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA. Patrick is right at home at Carlsbad, the airport where his career began.
Gregory Alberts	Airline Acquisition/Management Gregory Alberts is the founder of O2 Aviation Services, a remarketing and asset management company that specializes in customized commercial aircraft transactions. He has been involved in the aviation industry for over 22 years with the unique distinction of having worked for a lessor, aircraft manufacturers and several airlines. He has held progressively senior management positions in sales, marketing, strategic planning, finance and fleet planning with Jetscape, Embraer, Atlantic Coast Airlines, United Airlines, Dornier and US Airways. Over the course of his career he has been directly involved in the sale, marketing and leasing of over 250 commercial aircraft (Embraer, Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier and Dornier) to customers around the world. He has also served as a US Navy officer with the rank of Commander on various combatant vessels and with military logistics commands in support of world-wide operations. He is a post-graduate of the US Naval War College and holds a Bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Southern California.
Ken McLure	Director of Flight Control Operations Ken is an FAA certified Aircraft Dispatcher and Weather Specialist with over 20 years of experience in both Part 121 and Part 135 domestic and international operations. He created the flight control department for Jet Domain, LLC, and developed and implemented procedures for flight control and training. He worked as a Dispatcher and SOC Manager for America West Airlines/US Airways, Dispatcher for Sky West Airlines, and Vice President of Flight Control Operations at Mach One Air Charters, Inc. Ken's background also boasts three decades of experience as a commercial pilot, flight instructor, and professional Skywarn spotter chasing active tornadoes.
Randy Brown	Director of Planning / Revenue Management Randy first worked as a Reservation Manager for Hyatt Hotels in the mid 1990’s. At United Express and United Airlines, Randy worked in pricing, strategic planning, and was Manager of Revenue Management. At US Airways, Randy served in Distribution Strategy, evaluating various methods of ticket sales through online agencies, in-house reservations, and traditional travel agencies. In E-Commerce Strategy, he developed new products and functionality for usairways.com. Since 2004, Randy created an online electronics retailer and exporter business called Digital Lifestyle. Randy has a B.A. degree in Business Economics from UCLA.
Charles Bubb	Director of Technical Publications Charles' interest for information technology and system engineering first took root when he began his career as an academic teacher. By employing eduction technology in the classroom, he discovered that concepts could be more readily received by his audiences given its relevance in the information age. Taking this knowledge, Charles moved onto the IT industry and worked in project management for Paramount Software, MicroVision Development, SPAWAR, and SAIC. His role with CP Air applies his passions for communication and information architecture in the evolving technical environment of aviation regulatory compliance. Charles is a graduate of USD with a B.A. in Economics and History and maintains professional certification in technical authoring and database administration.
Lisa Ebaugh	Manager of In-Flight Training Lisa began her career in the aviation industry as a flight attendant for PSA Airlines. She quickly advanced to the position of Check Flight Attendant which led to her involvement with FAA Proving Run Certification for a new aircraft fleet. She was a participant in the creation and publication of the Flight Attendant Manual and assisted with the development and instruction of the CRJ training program. Following successful completion of FAA Certification, Lisa became a member of the In-Flight Training Department where she instructed and developed many programs and played an integral part in the restructuring of the In-Flight Training Program.