Integrity. Transparency. Excellence.

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Serving professional and hobby pilots since 1990

Integrity. Transparency. Excellence.

Meet the Team

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Our Story

Jeff Shives has loved flying and working on aircraft from an early age and founded Hutch Aviation to combine his passion for flying and maintenance know-how. With core principles of integrity, transparency, and service excellence, his values set the foundation for everything we do. Today, Hutch Aviation Services leadership team is comprised of a diverse group of subject matter experts across multiple aircraft platforms.

With our new 8000 square foot facility in Lufkin (KLFK) and our expanded facility covering 8000 square feet in Nacogdoches (KOCH), our team is ready to serve you with any jet-powered and turbine aircraft needs. Hutch Aviation Services is taking our “Customer-First” approach to a broader network of professional aircraft owners and fleet managers.

Enabled by Drew Surrette and our team, we bring years of professional experience in servicing King Airs, Citations, and other large aircraft. We believe in providing expert, transparent, and efficient service where we will earn our Customer’s confidence and trust for as long they need our services. At Hutch Aviation Services, we don’t just maintain aircraft – we are here to uphold a legacy of excellence.

Mission Statement:

"To deliver exceptional aircraft maintenance solutions ensuring the safety, performance, and reliability we would expect of our own aircraft carrying our own families by

leveraging cutting-edge technology to meet the highest standards."

President

Justin Louis Pitcock

Justin is a Marine Aviator of 20 years and an entrepreneur meshing his professional business education with his passion for aviation. In addition to aviation experience across the world from Afghanistan to San Diego across 11 different airframes, Justin held several key maintenance officer positions for much of his Marine Corps flying career before he began managing logistics and aviation businesses. Justin’s guidance ensures integrity and ownership of our work will remain at the forefront of every decision we make.

Chief Executive Officer

Kristen Conklin

Kristen’s high standards for excellence show through in each of her successful ventures from aviation to the real estate industry. Kristen’s focus on the details ensures our customers have a first-class experience at each contact with the Hutch Aviation Services team. Through her leadership, Hutch Aviation Services will continue to evolve so that we deliver “Best in Class” service to everyone who trusts us with their aircraft.

Chief Aircraft

Maintenance Officer

A&P / IA

Drew Surette

Drew grew up in Boston and leveraged his aptitude for fixing turbines and jets to build a stellar aviation maintenance career from Maine to Texas. He made waves in East Texas as an all-star mechanic, earning his IA and becoming Director of Maintenance for a part 141 flight school. With Drew’s expertise, Hutch Aviation Services is able to provide a range of solutions to professional aircraft owners across the spectrum of aircraft type/model/series.

Director of Maintenance

Jeff Shives

With a 40-year track record of delivering aircraft maintenance solutions through ingenuity and an unmatched East Texas work-ethic, Jeff Shives’ leadership ensures we will always be customer focused. Jeff built a substantial aircraft parts manufacturing business simply because he found ways to make parts faster, better, and less expensive than what the market was telling him his customers had to accept. His problem solving attitude permeates everything we do – we won’t accept a poor solution.

Vice President of Operations

Chris Shives

Chris learned the trade through his father and continues to apply innovative solutions to meet customers’ needs. He grew up around the aircraft maintenance and repair business, built other successful ventures, and is now focusing his efforts on growing the service lines of Hutch Aviation Services.

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Hutch Aviation Services in the news

On March 3, 2025, prior to officially opening its doors for business, Hutch Aviation Services opened it’s 43,000 pound
hangar door to shelter and repair an unexpected customer. The night prior an Embraer Phenom 300, N301AS, experienced a dual generator failure at FL430 and made an emergency landing at the Angelina County airport. Ready to offer a helping hand, Hutch Aviation Services’ Director of Maintenance, Jeff Shives, coordinated with the airport staff and helped moved the jet, after replacing it’s blown tires, to the Hutch Aviation Services hangar where it could be inspected, repaired, and returned to service.

Hutch Aviation Services hosts a stranded Embraer Phenom 300

Hutch Aviation Services’ Justin Pitcock to flyover Super Bowl LIX

Hutch Aviation Services’ President takes to the sky above Super Bowl LI

Lufkin City Council approves new hangar at Angelina County Airport

Hutch Aviation Services in the news

On March 3, 2025, prior to officially opening its doors for business, Hutch Aviation Services opened it’s 43,000 pound
hangar door to shelter and repair an unexpected customer. The night prior an Embraer Phenom 300, N301AS, experienced a dual generator failure at FL430 and made an emergency landing at the Angelina County airport. Ready to offer a helping hand, Hutch Aviation Services’ Director of Maintenance, Jeff Shives, coordinated with the airport staff and helped moved the jet, after replacing it’s blown tires, to the Hutch Aviation Services hangar where it could be inspected, repaired, and returned to service.