About SQAIR

Practical experience. From cockpit to boardroom.

SQAIR was founded in 2011 around a simple belief: safety, compliance and good management should make an aviation business stronger, not heavier. Today, SQAIR is based in Malta.

Dassault Falcon 900LX style business jet on the apron
Where the name comes from

Safety. Quality. Air.

SQAIR started with Safety and Quality in the aviation industry. Those are still the foundations: safer operations, stronger systems and better decisions.

The work has expanded into Aviation, Assurance, Talent and Business, but the name still says where we come from.

Built by someone who has done the work.

SQAIR was founded by Capt. Tom Verbruggen, an aviation professional whose career spans aircraft maintenance, flight operations, nominated management roles, compliance, auditing, training, software entrepreneurship and commercial development.

That range matters because aviation problems do not respect organisational charts.

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Tom Verbruggen beside a vintage aircraft
1997
Aviation career begins

Early management experience in airline Part-145 line and light maintenance, working with B737 and A320 fleets.

Flying
Business aviation and air ambulance

Operational flying experience across Falcon and Learjet aircraft, including VIP and critical missions.

Roles
Safety, compliance, ground operations and CAMO

Experience in nominated and management functions across fixed-wing and rotor-wing operations.

2011
SQAIR founded

Consulting focused on safety, quality, compliance, operations and aviation projects.

2015
Aviation software entrepreneurship

Founded Aviatize, building SaaS products for professional aviation and unmanned aircraft operations.

Today
Aviation · Assurance · Talent · Business

SQAIR brings that operating, regulatory and commercial experience into focused client work.

The working style

Senior input. Direct contact. Useful output.

SQAIR is intentionally small. Clients deal directly with the person doing or owning the work, and specialist expertise is brought in when the assignment needs it.

01

Start with the actual problem.

Not the service category you think you need.

02

Keep the scope tight.

Do the work that changes the outcome.

03

Challenge what does not hold up.

A second opinion is useless if it is always agreeable.

04

Leave something usable behind.

A system, decision, hire, report or next move.

Experience base

Operational, regulatory and commercial.

MSc Aviation EngineeringTechnical and operational foundation.
ATPL(A)Business aviation flight operations experience.
Lead-auditor experienceISO 9001, IS-BAO and EASA aviation domains.
Founder experienceAviation SaaS, sales and business development.
Start with the blocker

Have something specific in mind?

Aviation projects, audit work, a hard-to-fill role or a business question. If it fits SQAIR, we will tell you how we would tackle it.