Peter Fedak CD, MAS, MBA,

Head of Operations, Director, Indigenous Relations Skyalyne

Peter Fedak has over 33 years of experience in the Defence, Aerospace, and Aviation industries. Peter joined KF Aerospace in May 2015 as the Site Manager for the Contracted Flying Training and Support (CFTS) contract in Southport, Manitoba. In this role, Peter was responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of all services provided to Canada for RCAF flight training under the CFTS contract. The CFTS contract provides a turn-key training operation for the RCAF, including the latest training and maintenance technologies. From February 2018, he has been on secondment from KF Aerospace, and on January 6, 2022, was appointed Head of Operations for SkyAlyne Canada. On June 1, 2023, Peter was named as the Vice President Defence Programs for KF Aerospace, overseeing the CFTS Program and KF Aerospace involvement in SkyAlyne.

In 1989, Peter joined the RCAF and, over 25 years, amassed a vast amount of operational, training, and leadership positions, including 4,600 hours of flying time. Trained as a Rotary Winged Pilot, he spent his operational time with 1 Wing supporting the Canadian Army. He deployed to Haiti for Peacekeeping, oversaw the training and implementation plan for the CH146 Griffon at 408 Squadron, supported the 1997 Manitoba Floods, and deployed to Afghanistan, mentoring the Afghan Army Air Corps. Training experience was gained as a Qualified Flying Instructor at 3 CFFTS, rising to the highest category of A1. Following 3 CFFTS, Peter was promoted to Major and was the Chief Instructor at 403 Operational Training Squadron in Oromocto, New Brunswick. After a two-year posting to Fort Rucker, Alabama with the US Army, Peter was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and transferred to the Air Staff in NDHQ for one year. Peter’s RCAF career culminated as the Commandant of 3 CFFTS from 2012- 2014.

Peter has a Master of Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle, is a graduate of the USAF JCSP and Air War College DL programs, and is a 2021 graduate of the Executive MBA program through the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.