Todd "Tinker" Nichols

Todd "Tinker" Nichols was born in Wichita, Kansas but grew up in Liberty, Missouri not far from where he lives now.  Tinker started his aviation career as a Flight Attendant for TWA in 1996 where he lived in New York for 5 years and met his wife Karen, who is a Flight Attendant for Delta Airlines.  After they got married they moved from New York back to Kansas City where Tinker started flying lessons at the Roosterville Airport in Liberty, MO where he received his CFI, II, MEI ratings and instructed over 2000 hours and solo'd 35 students. After instructing he flew freight for Central Air Southwest out of MKC (Kansas City Downtown). His airline life began again in 2004 when he was hired with Expressjet Airlines where he spent 10 years as a Captain and a Check Airman in the Embraer 145.  During those 10 years, Tinker and Karen had 2 boys. Today Tinker hangs his hat at as a Captain for Southwest Airlines and flies the 737.  To date, Tinker has logged over 18,000 hours and has loved every minute of it.  While not flying, Tinker does lots of traveling with his family and “tinkers” with his F-4 Raider.