A day in the life of a corporate pilot

Tom Yerkes career has taken him all over, both geographically and work-wise. Hes flown Boeing KC-135s and Lockheed Martin C-130s for the Air National Guard, and even did some airline flying for Pan Am Airlines out of Miami, Florida, before it closed up shop.

Yerke came to Rockwell Collins in 1998. He spent his first several years in sales and marketing roles before becoming a corporate pilot in 2005.