Aviation Regulatory Compliance & QA/QC
Erik R. Treudt, MBA, AAE, brings 25 years across airport sponsor, state aviation, and airline operations — with responsibility on all three sides of the airport development table — to your next audit, gap analysis, or program build.
Airports operate under a dense stack of federal and state requirements — FAA Part 139 certification, AIP grant assurances, TSA security programs, OSHA safety standards, environmental rules, and labor compliance — all while running lean operations teams stretched across daily priorities.
Gaps compound quietly. A documentation shortfall that goes unnoticed for a year becomes a finding during an FAA inspection. A vendor SLA that was never formalized becomes a service failure with no accountability trail. The cost of catching these issues early is a fraction of the cost of catching them during an audit.
I've spent 25+ years on the inside of airport capital programs and compliance functions — building them from scratch, not just advising on them from the outside. That's the perspective I bring to every engagement: practical, field-tested, and built around what actually holds up under FAA and state scrutiny.
Rates reflect scope, not seniority alone — reach out with a brief description of your program and timeline for a same-week quote.
Erik Treudt brings twenty-five years across airport sponsor, state aviation, and airline operations — with responsibility on all three sides of the airport development table. He has directed capital programs from $50M to $177M annually, including a $50M+ terminal and infrastructure program delivered under budget and ahead of schedule inside a live commercial-service terminal, without interrupting operations, and a consolidated rental car facility carried from concept through activation.
On the funding and planning side, he developed a Passenger Facility Charge program and restructured a Capital Improvement Plan around new funding sources, launched a Customer Facility Charge program from concept through implementation, and led 20-year Master Plan updates and ALP revisions. He coordinated the Continuing Florida Aviation System Planning Process, advising airport directors and state leadership on investment priorities across dozens of facilities, and has provided independent QA and technical review on a master plan update for another sponsor.
His compliance work includes establishing governance, audit protocols, and corrective action reporting at a large-hub international airport, with working command of FAA, FDOT, OSHA, and NEPA requirements and Lean Six Sigma, ISO 9001, and TQM methodologies. He also brings an airline-side perspective from contract station operations and hub operations control at Chicago O'Hare — a direct understanding of what airport decisions cost an airline operationally.
Education: MBA, Webster University · B.S., Aviation Business Administration, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Certifications: Accredited Airport Executive (A.A.E.), AAAE · International Airport Certified Executive (IACE), IAAE · CM Certification, AAAE · 40-Hour OSHA & Airfield Safety Training
Affiliations: Contributor, ACRP / Transportation Research Board (TRB) · Member, Florida Airports Council (FAC) · Adjunct Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Send a brief description of your airport, program, or timeline and I'll follow up with a same-week quote.