The people behind the bearings.
Stanton Boyd founded the company on a simple operating philosophy: it's all ball bearings nowadays. Under his leadership, a single leased hangar grew into a diversified aviation concern with holdings across the western United States. He remains active in day-to-day operations, particularly where his daughter Gail's stock is concerned, and continues to review every major decision personally. Colleagues describe him as decisive, thorough, and rarely available for unscheduled house calls. He divides his time between the Provo office and wherever his attorneys happen to be.
Alan Stanwyk joined the company through marriage and, by his own account, stayed on merit. As Executive Vice President, he oversees strategic operations and logs more personal flight hours than the training fleet combined, largely on weekend trips outside Provo. He carries an unusually comprehensive insurance policy, which colleagues attribute to a cautious nature. A member in good standing of the California Racquet Club, he is known to speak at length about wing design whenever the subject comes up.
Gail Stanwyk holds a majority of the company's outstanding shares, a position she has, on at least one occasion, converted to cash on short notice. She prefers quiet, deliberate governance from the terrace of the California Racquet Club and is seldom seen at the hangar. Colleagues note a low tolerance for her husband's travel schedule and an even lower one for uninvited lunch guests, though exceptions have been made. By most internal accounts, she remains the most financially sensible member of the family.
Bud and Willy have kept the fleet airworthy longer than either can accurately recall. Between the two of them, they've heard every excuse a visiting mechanic can offer for needing a set of 30-weight ball bearings, and remain, to their credit, extremely polite about it. They know more about the company's actual flight schedule than anyone in the executive suite, though they've learned not to mention it. Ask them about the weekend trips to Utah at your own risk.
Fred has held the title of Director of Ball Bearing Operations for as long as anyone can remember, though no one at the company has ever actually met him in person. He is reliably en route, frequently referenced in meetings, and always expected any minute now. His expertise in Fetzer valve preparation is spoken of with real reverence by colleagues who have never once seen him apply it. Org chart placement remains pending his arrival.
Outside counsel, in every sense.
Chief Jerry Karlin has advised the company on regulatory and government affairs for longer than anyone cares to specify. His approach favors quiet resolution over public inquiry, a philosophy that has served both the department and the board well. He maintains close working relationships across multiple agencies and prefers those relationships stay exactly that: working, and relationships. Colleagues describe him as a steady hand in a crisis, particularly crises of his own creation.
Dr. Joseph Dolan has served as personal physician to the Stanwyk family for many years and joined the board as an advisor on executive health and wellness. He is a familiar face at company benefits and fundraisers, usually photographed near a Stanwyk. His diagnostic instincts are sharp, though easily distracted by a good backstory; he once cleared a patient's kidney pains without ever quite confirming the patient's actual kidneys were involved. He remains a proud member of the California Racquet Club.
Ted Underhill advises the board on member relations, drawing on decades of experience being a member himself. He is well known around the California Racquet Club for his strong opinions on service, and for a surprising difficulty remembering who picked up the check. The board values his perspective on hospitality, even as the club continues to review several outstanding lunch charges filed under his name.
Jim Swarthout handles real estate and land development matters for the board, with particular expertise in Provo-area parcels acquired quickly, quietly, and well under market value. He has a gift for paperwork that closes fast and raises few questions, a skill the board has found useful more than once. He asks that all inquiries about a certain ranch be directed elsewhere.
A close friend of Alan Stanwyk's since their early flying days, Dutch Halloran advises the board on flight operations and pilot standards. He has never missed a board dinner, and neither has his reputation. Colleagues note his encyclopedic knowledge of aircraft performance and an equally impressive knack for finding the one married guest in any room.