David A. Prewitt

David A. Prewitt was named Chief Operating Officer for Rotorcraft LLC, 9 March 2009. He is responsible for all aspects of the company’s safety, flight, ground, maintenance, and supply chain programs. Rotorcraft operates 135 helicopters over seven states and is the third largest helicopter company in the world.

Before joining Rotorcraft, Dave was Managing Director, Air Safety and Regulatory Compliance at FedEx Express in Memphis. He managed the flight, ground and maintenance safety programs along with Emergency Response Planning for FedEx’s world-wide aviation operations.

Dave was Alaska Airline’s Vice President for safety in beginning in May 2000. Security was added to his division in the third quarter of 2004 making him responsible for all aspects of the airline’s safety and security programs.

Prior to joining Alaska, Mr. Prewitt was Staff Vice President of corporate safety and security at TWA. He oversaw all safety and security activities at TWA’s domestic and international stations and developed an internal audit system for TWA operating departments, including: flight operations, maintenance, inflight and airport operations. He was also involved in the Flight Operations Quality Assurance program with the FAA and TWA management and developed TWA’s accident and incident reporting system and a safety information system and database. Dave joined TWA in 1995 after 28 years in the U.S. Army – He retired as a CW5. He was promoted to director of operational safety in at TWA in 1996; became acting director of flight operations safety in 1997 and was promoted to staff vice president of corporate safety and security that same year.

Mr. Prewitt is also a pilot and has flown both helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. He was an Instrument Flight Examiner and Instructor Pilot in both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. In addition to his other duties at TWA he was a first officer on DC-9 aircraft.

Mr. Prewitt served as a founding member on the Board of Directors for the Medallion foundation in 2002 and 2003 and is a past Chairman of the Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN). He is the Industry Co-Chair of the FAA’s Safety Management System Focus Group.

Dave Prewitt has his MS in Education from Troy State University and his BS in Aviation Man-agement from Embry Riddle. He holds current ATP, CFI, and Ground Instructor Certificates.