Aviation Professionals

Chris is a Legacy Airline First Officer and Airbus 320 series instructor with over two decades of professional flying experience across airline, charter, and corporate operations. Previously a Captain and pilot recruiter at Endeavor Air, Captain/Chief Pilot for CoorsTek/9th Street Capital, and Part 135 PIC at Mountain Aviation.

Chris has also spent nearly two decades as an instructor and mentor, receiving his CSIP in 2007 and soon after became the first instructor outside of the founders invited to instruct at Independence Aviation in Denver. Since then, Chris has trained thousands of pilots under both Part 61 and Part 121 flight training.

Luke comes to Simply Aviation from our own backyard. Born and raised in Colorado, Luke Collison has helped influence aviation in the Rocky Mountain west for over 20 years.  Luke served as the Chief Flight Instructor at McAir Aviation for 10 years and then moved to the FAA, working as an Operations Inspector for the Denver FSDO and ultimately working in the Certificate Management Office before leaving to pursue a full time flying position.

Today Luke is a First Officer on the 737 for a legacy airline. Appropriate to his location, Luke enjoys all that the Rocky Mountains have to offer. When he is not flying the 737, he’s hanging with his wife and four kiddos, or offering his years of experience to Simply Aviation as a senior instructor.

Flying started for Ryan in the fall semester 2002 at the University of North Dakota. Ryan graduated in 2007 and began flight instructing for the University. While instructing he became a check airman, received his MEI and received certification to conduct check rides for private, instrument, commercial and multi engine ratings through the school’s self-examining authority. In 2011 Ryan moved to Denver to fly King Airs for an energy company. It was part-time to start so he continued instructing and found himself at McAir Aviation.

While Ryan loves flying and aviation he does many other things. He enjoys bird hunting with his dogs, skiing, camping, hiking, working out, mountain biking, hanging out with his fiancé, and having a cold beverage after a good day of work or exploring! Ryan says that he is so excited about Simply Aviation and is looking forward to see where it will go!

After graduating with a degree in Business with a focus in Human Factors, Becca worked as a Product Designer for the first part of her career. After almost a decade in business, Becca decided to step down from her full time Product Design role and pursue flight training. While going through flight instructor training, Becca discovered her background in human factors applied to instruction, igniting a career built around flight instruction.

While working full time as a CFI, Becca received a call from Boeing to write courseware for early career pilot training, which further cemented her commitment to building a career around creating safer, more situationally-aware pilots. Today, she works as a full-time PC-12 Flight Instructor at FlightSafety International and serves as a Senior Instructor at Simply Aviation.