Petey Shivery, Chief Executive Officer
Email: petey@flyvblue.org | Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Since: May 2012
Petey Shivery is the Chief Executive Officer of Virtual Blue. He is originally from Florida but later moved to Philadelphia when he was younger. Generally, Petey is involved in organizations such as DECA, AOPA, and community sports; making him truly a great leader for this organization. He will be attending the New York University in New York City for a degree in Economics and later Law. Peter has been on his school newspaper’s Editorial Board and participated in Spring Track. In addition to the school community, he assists in many online website projects which several of which have resulted in international success, volunteers to aid the homeless over the summer, and is an avid student pilot. He maintains an open door which means you can contact him at anytime - about anything!
Austin Forrest, Assistant Chief Executive Officer
Email: austin@flyvblue.org | Location: Washington, District of Columbia | Since: May 2012
Austin Forrest is located just outside Washington, D.C.; the beautiful capital of the entire United States. He is looking to go to college in New York or the D.C. area. He is involved in his High School's DECA chapter. He hopes to become a flight attendant after completing college. In addition to this, Austin travels frequently and has visited world class destinations including: Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Stockholm, Riga, Latvia, Innsbruck, Prague, Cancun, Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, and Canada. All this traveling makes Austin love flying!
Tyler McBee, Chief Operations Officer
Email: tyler@flyvblue.org | Location: Beaumont, Texas | Since: June 2012
Tyler McBee is the Chief Operations Officer of Virtual Blue. He was born and raised in Callahan, Florida which is a small farming town outside of Jacksonville Florida. Tyler later moved to Illinois when he was ten years old. He now resides in Beaumont, Texas, a suburb of Houston, where he has been living for 2 years. Tyler has had a passion for aviation since he was very young and has found great joy in helping others further their experience with the same passion. Tyler is a sophomore at a local Christian school and is involved in golf and multiple leadership roles. He plans on attending either Liberty University or the University of North Dakota majoring in Aviation and minoring in Aviation Safety. As Chief of Flight Operations, Tyler is in charge of updating routes, the fleet, and any changes made by the FAA as far as regulations go. If you see a missing route or have a question regarding operations, Tyler is the guy to email!
Benjamin Johnson, Chief Marketing Officer (Corporate Communications)
Email: ben@flyvblue.org | Location: United States | Since: October 2012
Ever since I was little I looked up into the sky and was amazed at the beauty of aviation. Then as I started to get older I focused more on the business of running an airline and the hard work and dedication that it requires. Aviation and Business were two things that have stuck with me and that I will most likely take into to my future. I have recently completed my solo and am working to get my private pilots license. Also important to me are my academics and I plan for 2014 to attend the University of Harvard with a BA in Business or Finance and then go back to Harvard Business School to earn my MBA. My family has had a long history in Airlines and one day I hope to be a Executive for one of the major airlines.
Romano Lara, Chief Training Officer
Email: romano@flyvblue.org | Location: Manilla, Philippines | Since: May 2012
Romano Lara is the Chief Training Officer here at Virtual Blue. Romano has spent all his life in Manila, Philippines located in Southeast Asia. He lives about 10 minutes from the main airport. He is currently pursuing a career in Management Engineering. His ultimate goal in the future is to fly the big birds out of Hong Kong. Aside from that he is also a VATSIM member for almost 6 years now, former Air Traffic Manager of Honolulu ARTCC, and currently maintains a controller status in virtual Philippines ACC, and various other ARTCCs in the United States including Honolulu, Anchorage, Miami, and Oakland Oceanic. Along with that, he was also recently promoted as a Network Supervisor. An ill-tempered, and obsessive compulsive pilot, so god help JetBlue and watch out for this guy!
Jimmy Reistad, New York Crewbase Manager
Email: jimmy@flyvblue.org | Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | Since: July 2012
Jimmy Reistad is the Crewbase Manager for New York's Kennedy International airport. He was born and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota; just minutes away from the Minneapolis International airport. In his free time, Jimmy enjoys flying, controlling, and managing his own technical support business. Some of Jimmy’s goals are expanding his business and flying the Boeing 747-800 around the world. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact him via email.
Vishaank Ghai, Assistant New York Crewbase Manager
Email: vishaank@flyvblue.org | Location: Fremont, California | Since: December 2012
Vishaank is the Assistant New York Crewbase Manager. He was born in Fremont, California and still resides there today. To spend time, he plays a lot of sports like soccer, basketball, e.t.c. Also, he has a great passion in aviation and wants to me a commercial pilot when he grows up. He flies on VATSIM a lot and does ATC in addition. Master Ghai only lives about 20 minutes away from San Francisco International Airport, so he sees a lot of JetBlue aircraft and admires to be one, one day. He wants to go to Embry-Riddle University to major in aviation and become a great pilot. He is willing to help and if you have any questions, either meet him in the Teamspeak server or email him. If he doesn’t have an answer, he will go use other resources and get you the answer as soon as possible. Don’t worry; you will get your answer!
Khayton Morley, Boston Crewbase Manager
Email: khayton@flyvblue.org | Location: New Providence, Bahamas | Since: February 2013
Khayton currently occupies the role of Assistant Boston Crewbase Manager. He lives in New Providence in the Bahamas. In order to pass time he plays a variety of different supports, and is always seeking new, exciting ways to have fun such as offshore fishing. Nassau International Airport is located literally minutes away from where Khayton resides so he frequently sees jetBlue aircraft in the skies above. If you are in the skies around Boston then he is the person to contact, drop him an email or speak to him on TeamSpeak; he is always there to help with a positive can-do approach!
Zack Slavutsky, Fort Lauderdale Crewbase Manager
Email: zack@flyvblue.org | Location: New York, New York | Since: January 2013
Zack is the Crewbase Manager for Fort Lauderdale International Airport. Spending his entire life in the heart of New York City, he is no stranger to busy areas like FLL. As well as having extensive knowledge regarding aviation, he also controls Newark Airport at ZNY. He graduated from the City University of New York and Yeshiva University, Sy Syms school of Business and has a very strong and extensive background in communications. During the cold winter months, he enjoys traveling to warmer climates such as Fort Lauderdale. If you are lost in the skies over FLL then Zack is the person to speak to; he is always willing to help!
Emerson Senden, Orlando Crewbase Manager
Email: emerson@flyvblue.org | Location: Rochester, New York | Since: January 2013
Emerson is the Crewbase Manager for Orlando. He was born in Buffalo, New York and was raised in Rochester. He has had a passion for aviation since he was a toddler, this found passion for aviation started when he received his first toy plane at the age of 4. Other than spending his time tirelessly improving the crewbase over at Orlando Emerson spends his free time up in the air travelling commercially. He often travels using Delta or American Airlines, he is a loyal customer! In the future he plans to major in aviation and minor in Aeronautical Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University which is located in Daytona Beach Florida. He is currently attending middle school in Brighton, New York. If you ever have any questions hit Emerson up with an email, he is also a regular on the TeamSpeak.
Raul Daumont, San Juan Crewbase Manager
Email: raul@flyvblue.org | Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico | Since: January 2013
Raul is from the Enchanted Island of Puerto Rico. He lives just outside the capital San Juan. Like probably most of the people in this hobby, he has been fascinated by planes all his life. He has the opportunity to live in Orlando, Florida to learn how to speak English while doing his Master's degree. During that time, he worked for Walt Disney World Resorts. Now back on the island, he is still working in the hotel industry and has a little business on the side building and repairing custom computers. During his time off, Raul likes to travel as much as he can. He has been through France, Italy, Spain, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In addition, he has also been in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. His friends in the United States calls him the Puertorrican Redneck since he likes country music and is a huge fan of NASCAR (Go Tony Stewart!).
Sophie H., Administrative Advisor
Email: sophie@flyvblue.org | Location: Daytona Beach, Florida | Since: June 2012
Sophie is one of Virtual Blue's Organizational Advisors. She is in charge of day-to-day operations within the organization. Sophie is originally from the United Kingdom in London and later moved to pursue her Commercial Pilots License at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (which she is taking a break from right now). In her lifetime, Sophie has had many leadership positions including Youth Parliament and various school representative positions. She is fully ready to take this airline to the next level and show that this organization beats all the others. Please contact her with any questions that may arise concerning the airline in total. She is always open to suggestions and comments concerning Virtual Blue's operations.



