Vic Santie – Chief Flight Instructor (Part 141)

Vic retired from Alaska Airlines after a twenty-five-year career. As part of his aviation background, he along with Susan, his wife of forty-one years, served with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Irian Jaya from 1985-1989. He was introduced to the ministry of MAF while attending classes at BIOLA College. During his time with MAF he flew into remote mission stations as support for the missionaries from several different organizations. His flying involved landing on steep, narrow airstrips in high altitude mountainous terrain; he was also responsible to support areas in low lying swamps and jungle environments.

 When he wasn’t flying, he used his administrative skills as the base manager in Wamena, which was one of the largest MAF bases worldwide. During his thirty-eight-year aviation career he has flown over 25,000 hours in various aircraft which includes almost 2,500 hours as a flight instructor. He has an ATP rating along with CFI-I-MEI, SES, and A&P certificates

 Asst. Director of Flight (TP-MEL; CFI-I-ASE, AME; CPL-ASES, A&P)