Russell Barrows

Russell Nicholas Barrows (born November 14, 1952), nicknamed "Sky God", is the Chief Pilot of the AEK–Chicago Group. He is best known for the 1976 Ilyushin Il-18 incident wherein he stole a Air Vlokozu Regional from Steven J. Brooks Airport (now Cicmpillici-Steven J.Brooks Airport) when he was still a baggage handler. After being released from mental help in 1978, he was given full training by Air Vlokozu and was type-rated to the and later the.

Russell is currently in charge of training all of AEK–Chicago's pilots on and  aircraft across all of the company's airlines, and the heads of each holding company's flight training department reports to him.