John Cox BIO Captain John Cox is the Chief Executive Officer of Safety Operating Systems and co-founder of Aviation Safety Compliance, LLC. He is a 54-year aviation veteran with experience as a corporate, commercial airline, and test pilot, as well as an instructor and aviation safety professional. John has played a key role in introducing Safety Management Systems in aviation, gas and electrical utilities, and the media since the 1990s. Following his retirement in 2005 from US Airways -- where he had a 25-year career and logged 14,000flying hours -- he founded Safety Operating Systems and became a safety auditor for the International Business Aircraft Council. Over the years, Safety Operating Systems has become a leading aviation consulting firm with clients worldwide across a range of industries, from airlines and business flight operations, to legal firms and manufacturers, as well as public utilities and government regulators. John holds a Masters in Business Administration from Daniel Webster College and is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s Aviation Safety Program. Since 2006 he has been an instructor in Aviation Safety and Safety Management Systems at the University of Southern California. John is also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a member of their Flight Operations Group, a Liveryman in the Honorable Company of Air Pilots, a Certified Registered Safety Professional and a member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators. For the last 15 years, John has been the aviation analyst for NBC, MSNBC, CNBC and the Weather Channel. He regularly appears in the news media worldwide regarding aviation safety, and is a regular contributor to the television show “Air Disasters”. John also wrote the column “Ask the Captain” for USA Today’s website until 2022.