Leadership

Six brothers. One sky.

Five airline captains and a software engineer. The people who own SkySix are the people responsible for your aircraft — by name, by signature, and by the record they stand on.

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Chief Executive Officer

Captain Adel M. Shayeb

Career Airline CaptainFounding MemberGovernance & Safety Accountability

Captain Adel Shayeb leads SkySix as Chief Executive Officer, with ultimate responsibility for the safety, resources, and regulatory standing of the company. At SkySix, that responsibility is not ceremonial — it is how the company is built.

A career airline captain and one of the five captain-owners, Adel sits where corporate governance meets aviation safety: aligning strategy, financial resources, and regulatory obligation so that commercial ambition and operational discipline advance together — never at each other’s expense.

He works day to day with the company’s operations, flight-standards, safety, and maintenance leaders to keep aircraft operations, owner services, and long-term growth on a single standard.

“SkySix is led from the top by people who understand, firsthand, the responsibility that accompanies every flight.”

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Chief Operating Officer

Mohammad “Moe” Shayeb

18,000+ Flight Hours15,000+ Hours in CommandFAA Check Airman & Type Rating ExaminerWidebody Fleet Leadership

Mohammad “Moe” Shayeb brings more than three decades of international aviation leadership to SkySix — a career that runs from widebody flight decks to airline flight-operations leadership.

He currently commands Boeing 747-400/-8 and MD-11 freighters in global cargo operations. His leadership résumé includes service as System Chief Pilot of an international cargo airline, with executive responsibility for roughly 800 pilots across Boeing 777, 747, and 767 fleets — and before that, Chief Pilot of a 29-aircraft Boeing 777 fleet at a major international carrier in the Gulf, where he also served as Head of Standards & Strategy.

His qualifications span the Boeing 747-400/-8, 777, and 787, the MD-11, and the Airbus A340, A330, and A320 family. He has served as an FAA 777 initial-cadre and AQP check airman, Type Rating Examiner, simulator and line check airman, instructor, training captain, fleet manager, and functional-check-flight captain — with deep experience in ETOPS, entry-into-service programs, FAA certification, and operational control.

At SkySix, Moe is the operational backbone. As Chief Operating Officer, he runs day-to-day operations and leads the company’s FAA certification, procedures, and regulatory coordination.

“SkySix doesn’t simply look like a professional aviation company. It operates like one.”

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Executive Vice President

Captain Raid M. Al Shayeb

International Boeing 777 CaptainLong-Range Passenger & CargoWorldwide Route Experience

Captain Raid Al Shayeb is an international Boeing 777 captain and serves as Executive Vice President of SkySix. His airline career has been built on long-range flying: passenger and cargo operations across oceans and continents, and the planning, procedures, and coordination that international operations demand.

That experience — overseas airports, overflight and slot coordination, and crew and weather planning across time zones — is what he brings to owners and partners whose aircraft travel internationally, particularly between the United States and the Gulf.

At SkySix, Raid leads business development and owner relationships, drawing on his flying background and on years of experience running a business of his own.

“The longer the flight, the more the preparation matters.”

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Vice President of Operations

Captain Ahmed M. Alshayeb

Active Airline CaptainFounding MemberPilot Standards & Training

Captain Ahmed Alshayeb serves as Vice President of Operations, responsible for pilot qualification, standardization, training, and checking at SkySix.

An active airline captain and one of the five captain-owners, Ahmed holds a simple, uncompromising mandate: every pilot representing SkySix meets the standard expected of professional airline flight crews. He oversees the systems governing pilot selection, qualification, recurrent training and checking, records, currency, and operational readiness.

He works alongside the company’s operations and safety leadership, and with the FAA, as SkySix advances through Part 135 certification — and ensures that every future aircraft joins the fleet with training, checking procedures, manuals, and crews already in place.

“Our standards are written by people still flying the line — not by administrators writing procedures from an office.”

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Vice President of Safety

Captain Mahd M. Shayeb

15,000+ Flight Hours11,000+ Hours in CommandLine Check AirmanETOPS Initial Cadre

Captain Mahd Shayeb is the executive guardian of the SkySix safety culture — a career built in environments where judgment, consistency, and accountability are non-negotiable.

At a major U.S. airline, he advanced from direct-entry captain to Line Check Airman — a position of real trust in an airline flight-operations organization — evaluating and developing professional pilots against rigorous standards of regulatory compliance, command judgment, and cockpit discipline. He has served as an IOE instructor and ETOPS initial-cadre check airman, contributing to extended-range validation, with oceanic experience across the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Ocean regions.

His flying spans the Airbus A319, A320, and A321, the Boeing 757 and 767, the Saab 340, the King Air series, and the Cessna Caravan — from regional and charter operations to complex international airline flying — along with accident-investigation committee experience.

At SkySix, Mahd embeds risk management, hazard identification, pilot standards, and the company’s safety management system into everyday operations.

“A career spent defining what good looks like — and refusing to accept anything less.”

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Vice President, Technology & Operations Systems

Nader Al Shayeb

25 Years in TechnologySystems IntegrationAutomation & Data

Nader Al Shayeb brings a quarter-century of information-technology and operations-systems experience to SkySix. His five brothers bring the cockpit, the training department, and the chief-pilot office; Nader brings the digital infrastructure that lets a modern aviation company scale.

His focus spans operational systems, workflow design, dashboards, CRM architecture, automation, document control, and information management — connecting aircraft, clients, maintenance, compliance, and reporting into one integrated operating picture.

As SkySix grows across aircraft, clients, and operating bases, Nader’s systems keep the standard consistent — transforming operational data into structured, actionable operating intelligence.

“My brothers fly the aircraft. I build everything else.”

One hundred fifteen combined years in the air — no accidents, no incidents.

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