Pentastar’s Robert Rufli Elected Vice Chairman of ACSF

Robert Rufli, Vice President of Flight Operations and Director of Operations for Pentastar Aviation has been elected Vice Chairman of the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF). Rufli has served on the ACSF Board of Governors since 2015.

In his new role as Vice Chairman, Rufli will help the ACSF’s mission to lead and support the advancement of the highest safety standards available to allow the business, charter and fractional ownership industry to offer the safest air transportation products in the world and to provide objective information about these standards and services to the public.

Rufli has served as Vice President of Flight Operations and Director of Operations for Pentastar for over 2 years and has over 35 years of experience in the aviation industry. He is well-versed in FAA operational certification and certificate merger projects and his experience also includes worldwide flight experience, startup and operations of corporate shuttles, 14 CFR Part 121 initial operational certification, FAA authorized A 502 Merger of five Part 135 Certificates and implementation of cloud-based data management tools, among others.

Rufli earned his Bachelor of Science in Air Commerce from Florida Institute of Technology and completed flight training in Gulfstream III, Hawker 800XP & 700, McDonnell Douglas MD-80, Airbus A-320, Beechjet 400A and 400, Mitsubishi Diamond, Beech Starship and Merlin VIC and 300 through Flight Safety International.