Pat Sinnott
21 years in aviation · Tens of thousands of flights overseen · NBAA member
Some of my earliest memories are of standing next to my dad, watching planes take off and land, and dreaming that one day I’d be the one flying them. The dream got serious at 16. My parents had already paid for two ski racing camps that year, so when I found a summer flight camp at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, the deal was that I’d come up with the money myself. I spent that spring saving for it, flew for the first time that week, and never seriously considered doing anything else.
I went back to Westminster for a Bachelor of Science in Flight Operations and worked through my ratings: private, instrument, commercial, multi-engine. I paid my way partly by detailing aircraft, which is a good way to learn what care for an airplane actually looks like up close. Then life presented a fork. I was 21, I knew I wanted a family someday, and a working pilot’s schedule is brutal on one. So I took the operations path instead of the cockpit, starting at Sentient Jet while still in college.
The next decade was the education money can’t buy. I stayed with Sentient Jet for almost two years in Boston, then moved to Private Jet Services Group, where I ran the CEO’s own accounts: executives, professional sports teams, touring musicians. If it can go wrong on a trip, I’ve seen it go wrong, and I’ve been the person fixing it.
In 2015 I answered a Craigslist ad for an aviation startup in Bozeman called Summit Aviation. When I started, we had one four-passenger jet, a Phenom 100. Over eight and a half years I helped grow that into a fleet of 21 aircraft, 14 of them on our Part 135 charter certificate, and turned the flight department into a nationally recognized brand. I oversaw charter sales and flight operations across the whole fleet, which is a polite way of saying I was responsible when weather, mechanicals, or crew timeouts tried to ruin someone’s trip.
When Summit was acquired in 2023, I started Peak Aviation Solutions with the handful of clients who trusted me enough to follow. Three years later, they’re still here, and most of what we fly is people they sent us.
How I work
Peak is a charter brokerage, not an operator, and that’s deliberate. I’ve been offered Part 135 certificates more than once and turned them down, because not owning aircraft means I have no inventory to push. With access to 5,000 aircraft worldwide, my only job is finding the right airplane for your trip at the most competitive price the market will give.
Three things I don’t compromise on. Every operator and every crew is vetted through ARGUS and Wyvern, crew-level, green report or we don’t fly. Every quote is all-in, taxes and fees included, because surprise charges are how this industry loses people. And you deal with me: one point of contact from first call to wheels down, and I’m never away from my phone for long.
I’m also still a pilot at heart, which changes how your trip gets managed. I check weather, NOTAMs, and temporary flight restrictions the day before you fly, not the morning of, so problems get solved before you know they existed.
Fast facts
- Home base: Bozeman Yellowstone International (BZN)
- First flight: age 16, flight camp at Westminster College, paid for with my own savings
- Most-booked aircraft across our history: Cessna Citation X
- Busiest corridor from home: Bozeman to the Phoenix/Scottsdale area
- Aircraft within reach: 5,000 worldwide, none of them ours, which is the point
- Response time: calls and texts come straight to my phone, 24/7/365
Away from the desk
Aviation gave me more than a career. It’s how I met my wife, Kelley, a pilot and flight instructor who understands this life like few can. We live in Bozeman with our three kids: Quinn, our four-and-a-half-year-old daughter, and our twins, Rory and Pierce. Being around for them is the whole reason I chose this side of the industry over the cockpit.
Skiing never left me either. Remember those two ski racing camps my parents paid for before I found aviation? Living in Bozeman means that habit gets passed down. When I’m not sourcing aircraft, I’m on the mountain, on a golf course, or outside somewhere. Staying active isn’t a hobby for me, it’s the operating system.
What clients say
“Jeff and I have booked all our private flights to and from Montana with Pat from Peak Aviation Solutions. He is wonderful to work with and accommodates our plans even when we have had to change them on short notice. Everything feels very professional and safe. Planes and pilots are have been great. We have looked at other booking possibilities and they have been more expensive and not as willing to work around our schedules. Thank you, Pat, for flying us safely. We love working with someone who is very capable and local!”
Susan B., Google review
“Peak Aviation makes it easy to fly private. It’s a business based on service and trust, and we appreciate working with Pat because he’s responsive to our requests and concerns and he makes us feel confident in our choices. Even when there’s bumps, we feel safe and supported. I won’t book private air travel with anyone else.”
Stuart G., Google review
“Pat’s communication is great and he has found us attractively priced flights.”
Client review, flypeak.com/emptylegs
Get in touch
Call or text (406) 296-3256, email charter@flypeak.com, or request a quote. If you’re curious about discounted repositioning flights, my empty leg alerts are free, nationwide, and arrive three times a week.
For media and podcasts
Writing about private aviation, the charter market, or flying in the Mountain West? I’m happy to be a source. Short bio for your use:
Pat Sinnott is the founder of Peak Aviation Solutions, a Bozeman, Montana charter brokerage. A commercial-rated pilot with 21 years in private aviation, he ran a 21-aircraft charter fleet before founding Peak in 2023, and has overseen tens of thousands of flights.
Reach me at pat@flypeak.com for interviews or data on the charter market.
