Gulfstream Down in the South of France?

[HawkerF/O]

ABC Radio News is reporting an "N" registered Gulfstream has crashed in France. American Crew & Passengers all dead at the scene. Anyone? Please advise?

 

[HawkerF/O]

Just found some info on it. 2 American men ages 60 & 24.

 

[t-bone]

http://www.bizjetblogger.com/2012/0...lfstream-iv-crashes-on-ferry-flight-in-france

Very sad...on a repo flight from Nice due to lack of parking. RIP...

 

[HawkerF/O]

In this economy at 24, I sure hope they had sent this guy to school and he wasn't just some switch monkey glad to be flying right seat in a Gulfstream.

 

[worldwide]

Pictures:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cans-dead-private-jet-crash-south-France.html

 

[Fly91]

Its the dirtbag operation Universal Jet Aviation out of Boca Raton, FL.

Mike McCauley's crap company.

This makes 12 people DEAD in 11 years at that shhhh it hole..................junk planes, the worst maintenance, the cheesiest pilots.

Hopefully this will put them out of business........how many dead people have to come out of one company before they get shut down????

PATHETIC.....

.

 

[Fly91]

Captain, American Airlines pilot who SUPPOSEDLY got fired for incompetence.
FO, 22 years old. SUPPOSEDLY very inexperienced.
FA was like 30 yrs old.

Typical cockpit crew at Universal Jet..........every crew there has a story. Usually grossly inexperienced, drug addicts, paid for training because they can't get hired anywhere good, or they have 3 DUI's and a one-year pilots license suspension like the Chief Pilot does.

 

[G3G4]

I also lost a friend there years ago in a Lear accident. I hope this guy finally realizes the way to make money in this business is not by skimping on training and poor maintenance to make flights. This guy should be shut down before families loose more loved ones. Enough is enough

 

[Fly91]

I also lost a friend there years ago in a Lear accident. I hope this guy finally realizes the way to make money in this business is not by skimping on training and poor maintenance to make flights. This guy should be shut down before families loose more loved ones. Enough is enough

I have 5 friends that are dead because of Universal Jet. Mechanical issue that was ignored caused one and took a Lear 25 off the runway because of inadvertent nose-wheel deflection, which was written up for 4 months and ignored. Mid air in the Lear 55 caused another because thats how they trained their new co-pilots with 150 hours total time back then, in the jet, then lie on the insurance paperwork saying they were FSI trained. And then Mike McCauley, the owner of UJET, does a flight and leaves the the cross-flow valve open after he parks the plane, NO CHECKLIST for the KING, then a line guy comes into the hangar the next morning and sees one wing about to touch the ground and puts nitrogen into the tire thats bulging under all the weight....blows his head OFF from the rim exploding off because of over-pressure. Yea, he should have called a mechanic, but the KING Mike caused it because he's an incompetent pilot and can't complete a checklist.

 

[ackattacker]

From the pictures and description looks like high-speed off the end of the runway, reversers still deployed, impact with trees. Only one runway there, 1,750 meters (5,780 feet).

 

[gret]

Comments about Universal are harsh...but justified. Too many problems over the years and where has the FAA been?

ARG/US Platinum rated...what a sick joke...

 

[gret]

Hearing that it was a contract captain and they were fuel heavy.

 

[HawkerF/O]

Better screen Shot it before it goes away.

and

This PDF brochure. Layout sucks, but at this point, I guess it's no longer a factor.

 

[Fly91]

Someone that works there told me 30 minutes ago that the plane was NOT supposed to be flying......it had MX issues that were NOT done. This is from a current employee.

From their website:

Heavy Jets
N920DS Boeing BBJ
Coming 2012 Gulfstream 650
Coming Soon Gulfstream 450
Coming Soon GulfstreamIVSP
N962SS Gulfstream IV
N515UJ Gulfstream IV
N823GA Gulfstream IV
N410UJ Gulfstream III
N300UJ Gulfstream III
N221WR Gulfstream III
N109DD Gulfstream III

....The BBJ is going away. The GIV-SP was not purchased, the deal fell through during pre-buy and the G650 they think they're getting is being sold the second its finished. What a bunch of cheese balls they are......

 

[Fly91]

and I'll tell ya.....UJET has its handful of competent, good pilots. I know a few of them.

But why do they hire guys like the captain on this flight. I heard today he was fired from American Airlines for being incompetent.........because he did McCauley a favor.
***the truth about that will come out***

WTF!!!!

 

[Fly91]

Hearing that it was a contract captain and they were fuel heavy.

Yes....that captain flew for UJET for FREE for a period of time to get a job there.

 

[Fly91]

I guess since I have 5 dead friends....I'm a little pissed to hear about this happening ONCE AGAIN.

The company that killed Payne Stewart....shut down after that one crash. How does UJET have what 5 crashes and 12 fatalities and still stay in business?

Ridiculous.

 

[AA717driver]

Captain, American Airlines pilot who SUPPOSEDLY got fired for incompetence.

Wow! You've got to be REALLY bad...

Still sorry for the crew and families.

TC

 

[Fly91]

Wow! You've got to be REALLY bad...

Still sorry for the crew and families.

TC

AND.......he only got a job to fly for FREE till he could gain experience on the GIV...he got the job because he gave a boat slip to the owner of UJET to use for free. Thats why he got to work there.

2 years ago......a guy literally GAVE the owner of UJET, Mike McCauley, an old Ferrari.....FOR A JOB. According to the pilots at UJET, the guy couldn't fly worth a PISS. They would not upgrade him. He ended up quitting, taking a job on a Gulfstream somewhere in Africa......and crashed it and killed everyone on board. I think earlier this year or late last year.

Thats how UJET gets pilots.

NOT ALL....as I said, I personally know a few who are very competent and quality pilots. Some of those competent pilots actually had to leave and go fly contract to make a dollar because this American Airlines guy was flying every trip for free..........

 

[ultrarunner]

Someone that works there told me 30 minutes ago that the plane was NOT supposed to be flying......it had MX issues that were NOT done. This is from a current employee.

It's pretty safe to say Fly91 that you and the person who spoke to you will be interviewed by the FAA and the NTSB, in-as-much as what you just posted is not casual.

Expect a phone call and a letter and help shut down, what appears to be, a crappy operation...