Founder — Corporate Flight Ops
Nearly Three Decades of Aviation Experience.From the Flight Deck to Flight Department Operations.
Francisco Barrios is a corporate aviation professional, FAA and ICAO Airline Transport Pilot, and flight operations leader with nearly three decades of experience across airline and corporate aviation.
Throughout his career, Francisco has accumulated more than 8,600 flight hours, including over 7,200 hours as Pilot in Command and more than 6,300 hours as Jet PIC, operating aircraft ranging from turboprops to long-range business jets.
His experience goes far beyond the flight deck. Francisco has served as an Operations Manager, Training Manager, Flight Instructor, Check Airman, and Corporate Pilot — giving him a comprehensive understanding of how professional flight departments operate, from daily flight operations and crew standardization to training, safety, regulatory compliance, operational planning, and cost efficiency.
29+
Years in Aviation
8,600+
Flight Hours
7,200+
PIC Hours
6,300+
Jet PIC Hours
4
Continents of Operational Experience
FAA + ICAO
Airline Transport Pilot
Global Reach
Global Operational Experience
Francisco's flying career has taken him throughout North, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa — with extensive international operations and North and South Atlantic crossing experience dating back to 2002.
Business Jets
- Gulfstream G450 / G550
- Gulfstream G280
- Learjet 45 / 75
- Citation X+
Turboprop
- King Air
- Let 410
Airline
- DC-9
- BAC 1-11
His professional training includes programs at FlightSafety International, Bombardier Training Center, CAE, Pan Am Flight Academy, Northwest Airlines NATCO, Aeromexico, and Finnair.
Leadership
Experience Beyond the Flight Deck
Francisco's career has included responsibilities far beyond flying aircraft. He understands the operational structure required to support the aircraft — the systems, standards, and discipline that define a professional flight department.
Flight Operations Management
Standard Operating Procedures
Crew Standardization
Training & Checking
International Operations
Operational Risk Management
Safety Management
Regulatory Compliance
Operational Planning
Cost & Time Efficiency
The Vision
From Flying Aircraft to Building Better Flight Operations
Over the years, Francisco recognized that successful corporate aviation requires much more than an aircraft and qualified pilots. It requires systems.
That experience became the foundation for Corporate Flight Ops.
Today, Francisco is developing Corporate Flight Ops around one central objective:
"To help aircraft owners and corporate flight departments transform aviation experience and operational knowledge into structured, repeatable, and professional operating systems."
Rather than depending entirely on individual knowledge or informal processes, Corporate Flight Ops is being built to help organizations create flight departments that operate through documented procedures, clear standards, accountability, and operational discipline.
Founder Philosophy
Experience. Knowledge. Systems.
Francisco brings a perspective developed from multiple sides of aviation: airline operations, corporate aviation, aircraft command, training, standardization, management, and international flight operations.
"A professional flight department should not depend on one person knowing what to do. It should have a system that defines how the operation is supposed to work."
That philosophy is at the core of Corporate Flight Ops.
Professional Credentials
Francisco Barrios
Founder — Corporate Flight Ops
Get Started
Build a Flight Department That Operates as a System.
Corporate Flight Ops brings decades of real-world aviation experience into practical systems, standards, and operational frameworks designed for professional corporate flight departments.