🎧 Meet the Hosts
Alpha Golf (AG)
AG is a full-time air traffic controller at a Class Charlie airport in the southern U.S., managing traffic in and out of 18 regional airports. He’s a certified ATC trainer, radar/tower pro, and systems nerd—whether he’s mentoring new controllers or rebuilding his Toyota 4Runner’s transmission.
Before ATC, AG was an Army instructor pilot flying the C-12 Huron and CH-47 Chinook, logging 2,200 flight hours (800 under NVGs), 149 combat missions, and 800 hours in combat. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2016, his decorations include two Air Medals, the Combat Action Badge, and the Army Achievement Medal. In 2017, he earned honorable mention in the Archie League Awards.
He’s also a husband, a dad to two daughters, and founder of an elite manual transmission driving academy.  In his spare time, he likes to fish, build things from scratch, and dabble in photography.
When he retires from the FAA, he will probably build a log cabin on a lake and write a book.
Romeo Hotel (RH)
RH is a First Officer at “Penguin Airlines,” flying the Boeing 757 and 767 on international routes. A former CFI, CRJ pilot, and BeechJet wrangler, he’s racked up over 5,000 hours in 16 aircraft types and has logged nearly 100 Atlantic crossings.
Sometimes Penguin Airlines lets him actually fly the plane but his seniority dictates he serve as International Relief Officer (“bunkie”) most of the time.
He was honored by the AOPA Air Safety Institute in 2022 with the Flight Assist Award and earned honorable mention in the 2017 Archie League Awards. RH also writes for COPA Magazine, speaks at aviation events, and once completed an iron-distance triathlon (which he’s still talking about).
He lives in North Carolina with his wife and son—known affectionately to OB listeners as “Zippy.”
