Description For the trainers at Afterburner, succeeding in business takes a dogfight mentality. The corporate training firm, which employs former and current fighter pilots, provides seminars and workshops on leadership development and team building for corporations all over the world. Speakers teach the Flawless Execution Model -- a process used by fighter pilots in order to execute missions -- and then relate it to businesses. Afterburner has conducted seminars around the world to some 1.5 million managers from companies including Cisco Systems, American Express, and Bank of America. The company has offices in Asia, Australia, the UK, and the US. It was formed in 1996 by former fighter pilot and CEO James Murphy.