An executive with over two decades of leadership and business experience, David <https://www.crunchbase.com/person/dave-pflieger> Pflieger currently serves as CEO and Managing Director of Air Pacific Limited, the national carrier of Fiji. In his first year as its chief executive, Pflieger drastically turned the airline around reducing operating losses from F$91 million (USD $45m) to F$3 million, with a F$24-million net profit.
After assuming his role as CEO, David Pflieger quickly implemented sweeping changes to ensure the company's success. Those changes included a weekly focus on revenue growth and cost cutting, the hiring of a new senior management team, the restructuring of all management, vendor, and union contracts, the creation of a dedicated customer service department, a daily focus on operational and on-time performance, and the transition to a new passenger reservations system.
At the start of his career, Pflieger attended the United States Naval Academy where he earned a Bachelor of Science and cross-commissioned into the U. S. Air Force. While in the military, Pflieger was not only one of the youngest officers in 20 years selected to command a strategic nuclear bomber, he was also an early choice to become a B-52 instructor pilot. At the end of his active duty military service, Pflieger was selected to join Emory University's joint MBA/JD program while continuing to fly as a C-130 pilot in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve <http://afreserve.com/> .
Following graduate school, David Pflieger was selected to join the prestigious Atlanta law firm of King & Spalding. From there, Pflieger was recruited to join Delta Air Lines, Inc., as its Operations Attorney. Over the next six years at Delta, Pflieger not only worked as a young executive, but also flew as a B737, B757, and B767 pilot. His efforts were recognized with a promotion to Director of Flight Safety and later Vice President of Operations for Song, Delta's wholly-owned, low-cost carrier, which flew 144 flights per day and carried over 7 million passengers annually.
Following his time at Delta, David Pflieger <https://www.behance.net/davidpflieger> was asked to join the start-up team at Virgin America as a Vice President of the Company's Operations Control Center, and he later rose to the position of Senior Vice President of Legal & Government Affairs. During his time at Virgin America, Pflieger built the company's legal department and designed and led the company's sustainability efforts. The efforts of Pflieger his colleagues at the Virgin America led the company to win "Best Domestic Airline" awards for three consecutive years from Condé Nast Traveler magazine and Travel + Leisure magazine. After six years with Virgin America, David Pflieger was recruited to lead Air Pacific's efforts to return to profitability.
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