I'm Duke LeDuc, and I want to tell you why this community exists.

Welcome to The Ramp.

Early in my career, I learned something that changed how I operate. I was a young dispatcher trying to find my footing in business aviation — and I realized there were things I didn't know. Not just gaps I could see and fill. Gaps I couldn't even see yet. Things I didn't know I didn't know.

That's a humbling place to be. And it's where most of us start.

That network became one of the most valuable things in my career.
The Ramp exists to build that network for everyone.

So I did what any smart person does. I stopped trying to have all the answers myself, and I started building relationships with people who'd been where I hadn't. I compared notes. I asked hard questions. I listened to the people who'd already made the mistakes, navigated the difficult airports, managed the impossible trips, and came out the other side with hard-won knowledge.

This is a community for the people who actually do this work — pilots, dispatchers, flight coordinators, operations managers, handlers, and the professionals behind the scenes who make business aviation run at the highest level. People who love what they do and understand that sharing knowledge makes all of us better.

We're not here to impress you with credentials. We're here to have honest conversations about what this industry really looks like from the inside — the decisions, the challenges, the hard lessons, and the wisdom that doesn't make it into any manual.

If you've ever been on the ramp at 2 am in a city you've never been to, trying to solve a problem nobody prepared you for — this community is for you.

Pull up a chair. You're among your people.

Duke LeDuc

Host, The Ramp

THE RAMP — MISSION & HEART

The Ramp exists because of a feeling I had early in my career.

I was a young dispatcher, newly arrived at Texas Instruments, and I was surrounded by some of the best operators in business aviation. I knew I was good. But I also knew there were things I didn't know — and worse, I didn't know what I didn't know. That gap kept me up at night.

So I did what made sense. I built a network. I found the smartest, most experienced people in every corner of this industry, and I started comparing notes. I benchmarked. I asked questions. I listened more than I talked. I learned early that you don't have to be the smartest person in the room — you just have to be intentional about who you're in the room with.

The Ramp exists because of a feeling I had early in my career.

The Ramp is that same idea, built for the entire business aviation community.

We're not here to broadcast expertise from a stage. We're here to build a community of professionals who band together, share what they know, and help each other navigate this world with confidence. Pilots, dispatchers, flight coordinators, handlers, operators — people who've been on the ramp at 2 am in a foreign country and figured it out. People who've made mistakes, learned from them, and are willing to talk about them honestly.

The goal is simple: connect people. Empower them to move forward boldly. Help them achieve incredible things by making sure they never have to figure it all out alone.

This is the heart of The Ramp. Everything we do comes back to this.

——— BUILT FOR

THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE FLIGHT ACTUALLY WORK.

International Flight Dispatchers
Corporate Aviation Schedulers
FBO & Ground Handling Leaders
Corporate Pilots Operating Internationally
Permit Specialist & Regulatory Experts
Flight Department Directors & DOMS

THE HOST

25 YEARS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE OPERATIONS

Duke LeDuc is an FAA Licensed Aircraft Dispatcher with over 25 years in business aviation — building international dispatch operations, managing IS-BAO Stage III flight departments, and leading regional operations across some of the most complex airspace in the world.

He's seen what happens when information is fragmented, vendors are conflicted, and crews are left to figure it out on the ramp. The Ramp exists to change that — by surfacing real operational intelligence from the people who live this every day.

» FAA‑Licensed Aircraft Dispatcher with more than 25 years of experience across corporate aviation, global trip support, and international operations

» Former Senior Leader at UAS International Trip Support, overseeing global operations strategy, VVIP mission support, and the development of worldwide standards and training

» Operations & Dispatch Manager for Texas Instruments’ IS‑BAO Stage III Flight Department, managing international trip planning, crew legality, and operational initiatives for a world‑class corporate aviation program

» 10+ Years at Air Routing International, supporting corporate, government, and charter operators with worldwide permits, handling, routing, and mission coordination

» U.S. Navy Aviation Background, serving in multiple aviation units in maintenance control, operations, and readiness management

» Industry Contributor & Leader, including service on the Texas Corporate Aviation Schedulers & Dispatchers (TCAS) committee and co‑presenting on aviation digital transformation and operational efficiency

SEASON ONE GUESTS ARE CONFIRMED

Three conversations recorded. Dropping July 2026. Follow now so you don't miss the first episode.

WHAT YOU’LL
HEAR ON
THE RAMP

Every episode is built around a single question: What do you need to
know before you land? Guests bring real operational experience — not
theory, not marketing — intelligence you can use

01

Airport Intelligence That Doesn’t
Exist Anywhere

What the charts don’t tell you. What the
handlers know and arent saying. What the last
three crews got wrong

02

The Real State of International
Handling

FBO leaders and ground handlers share the
unfiltered operational truth — capacity,
reliability, and what actually happens at their
airports.

03

Regulatory Reality from the People Who Write the Process

Permit specialists, regulatory experts, and
compliance professionals on what flight
departments consistently get wrong before
they even call

04

How Elite Flight Departments Think About International Risk

Directors of Flight Operations and DOMs on
how they pre-trip, how they evaluate vendors,
and how they protect their crews when things
go sideways.

05

Technology, Tools & What's Actually Changing Ops

Avionics leaders, software builders, and tech-forward operators on what's genuinely improving international operations — and what's noise.

06

Corridor Deep Dives — Europe, Middle East, Latin America, Asia

Region-specific intelligence from people who operate there every week — the airports, the vendors, the politics, and the surprises.

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Welcome to The Ramp.

THE RAMP — MISSION & HEART

——— BUILT FOR

THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE FLIGHT ACTUALLY WORK.

International Flight Dispatchers

Corporate Aviation Schedulers

FBO & Ground Handling Leaders

Corporate Pilots Operating Internationally

Permit Specialist & Regulatory Experts

Flight Department Directors & DOMS