FS Air.

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FS Air is a true Alaskan success story--not only for the growing charter and medevac airline company, but also for its ever-broadening list of clients across Alaska who have come to depend on its unique ability to get a job done.

Celebrating its 14th year and the new millennium, F S Air operates from Anchorage International Airport with a total of nine aircraft including a Learjet 35, two Metroliners, two Volpars, two Navaho Chieftains, and a Casa 212. Currently, the Learjet and one of the Metroliners are dedicated to the medevac work. The impending purchase of a Merlin IIIB will relieve one of the Metroliners and make it available for other work.

FS Air President Sandra Saltz takes satisfaction in seeing the award-winning airline grow the way it has in recent years. When her husband, the late Floyd Saltz, began the business in 1986, it was a one-room operation with a single plane and a single pilot. "We currently have 45 employees conducting an operation Floyd would be proud of," Mrs. Saltz enthuses.

The company recently received the prestigious Federal Aviation Administration Diamond Award for excellence in maintenance personnel training. The medevac pilots receive simulator training/instruction in Dallas and San Antonio each year.

According to Saltz, much of the high achievement in F S Air pilot ranks is due to the leadership of Director of Operations Scott Anderson and Chief Pilot Scott Rozmenoski. Both pilots have accumulated thousands of hours of flight time, most of which was logged in Alaska. Rozmenoski was born, raised and trained in Alaska, and is intimately familiar with the challenges posed by the unique weather in Alaska. Of the current pilot roster, 950% are Alaska-trained and -experienced.

Although F S Air is busy with routine freight and passenger charters, a majority of the flights are performed transferring medical patients to Anchorage from within Alaska for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Operating under contract to...