US MRO specialist West Star Aviation has welcomed Josh Perkins as director of quality control for its enterprise segment. Perkins will oversee the four main full-service facilities at St Louis Regional airport in East Alton, Illinois; Lovell Field in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Grand Junction Regional airport in Grand Junction, Colorado; and Perryville Regional airport facility in Perryville, Missouri. He will be based at the Grand Junction location.

Perkins previously worked for PHI Aviation, overseeing the MRO business as the director of maintenance and accountable manager. Prior to that, he led quality at StandardAero, AeroTurbine and Frontier Airlines. He has held roles as FAA Part 119 director of quality, Part 145 accountable manager as well as being a member of safety and regulatory panels at each company (ASAP, CASS, MRB and SMS programmes).

"We look forward to the wealth of knowledge and experience that Josh will bring to the West Star team. It's important as we grow that the focus continues to be on adding the candidates with the utmost expertise, thus providing our valued customers with the first-class experience they are accustomed to," says COO Allen McReynolds.