Wade Eyerly says the idea for Surf Air began as something of a joke.
Prior to leading the start-up, he served, among other things, as an economist to the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff covering Europe and NATO, and as a press advance to the Bush-Cheney campaign in 2004. During that time, he traveled 27 days a month.
His brother Dave previously trained as a pilot at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, then went on to work for the Transportation Security Administration and as a manager of the Dallas Fort-Worth airport for Frontier Airlines.
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