Tim Flaherty of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a University of South Florida alum. He has been married for over forty years, during which time he’s dedicated his career to air traffic control and piloting planes for commercial airlines. He joined the United States Airforce in 1975, and he maintained a number of industry affiliations and memberships with groups like the NTSB, ADS, and ALPA where he was Chairman of the National ATS Group committee from 2010 to 2011.