91 or 135 work in Asheville, NC area?

[capnflyright]

Anyone know of flight departments based in Asheville, NC or somewhat nearby? Thank you in advance.

 

[Duderino]

I think Lowe's flight department is based pretty close to there.

 

[kingaira90]

isn't lowes based in Winston Salem? If so that is about 2 hrs from Asheville, by car. I guess that is close in the grand scheme of things. Although Ashville has a character all it's own, different than the rest of NC.-kingaira90

 

[Duderino]

Yeah I really don't know anything about North Carolina other than the BBQ Sucks!!! .

 

[mavericks]

Lowes is based in Statesville.

 

[p3hawk]

What would you know about BBQ , Dude

 

[kingaira90]

ok 40 miles off!-kingaira90

 

[Thedude]

Actually the home base for Lowes is North Wilkesboro. I think the airplanes might be based in Statesville...cant remember but I did apply for a corperate job. There is/was a 135 charter company in Asheville by the name of Diamond Ridge Jet Charter. I interviewd there back in '98. Strange couple of guys that won/run the place. They used to own a Coca-cola bottling plant and sold it to get into avation. Back then they had a G-II and a Hawker 800. They wanted me to get an aprtment in town even though I would be on the road for the majority of the month. They also wanted a 1 year traing contract. One of their claims to fame was they flew around a few celebs that had houses in the Asheville area. I did not feel comfortable about the operation and we really did not see eye to eye. About a year after I interviewed I saw the sam job opening again.

I am not sure if this company is still around but at least you know a little more now.

 

[Thedude]

Have you tried checking the "Air Charter Guide" for 135 charter companies?

 

[Duderino]

What would you know about BBQ , Dude

Grew up in Houston, TX, eating weekly at world famous places like, Otto's BBQ, Goode Company. I then went on to work at The World Class Stubb's BBQ in Austin for Two Semesters, as a cook. I think that qualifies me to comment on NC BBQ. .

 

[kingaira90]

Uh oh, this is going to turn into a bbq debate!

I grew up in the southwest with more texas style, then moved to NC with the vinegar based sauce and smoked meat. They are VERY different but both rock. In my perfect world I would eat NC pit smoked pulled pork with some texas or memphis style sauce on it. -kingaira90

 

[Yellow Snow]

OK

I grew up in North Carolina. We have the WORLD FAMOUS Lexington BBQ. World accepted and renowned to be the best. The Lexington BBG festival held yearly has an attendance of about twenty thousand from across the US and some other countries. The sauce in texas; well you might as well just pour on catsup.

Lowes is now moving its operation to Huntersville. This is just north of Charlotte on Lake Norman. The entire operation was due to be there moved from North Wilkesboro sometime late this year. They have a pretty large fleet. If it hasn't changed they had a bunch of Bravos and maybe two or three Falcon 50's. I left the Company a while back so don't quote me on the acft.
Their requirements were 3,000tt 1000PIC turbine and a type for the bravo/ultra cessnas. They have no F/O fly with two captains. The company is great with excellent retirement. Go to lowes.com career section for job listing if they have any openings.

I think the acft are stationed in the region they serve so I don't know about bases. Lowes is fortune 100 and is in all fifty states so there are possibilities to get stationed all over. I am sure their home base will probably be Charlotte when their corporate relo is complete. Very good company if you have the hours and the type. Sorry I do not know the pay for pilots I was in management at a store so I didn't have a chance to talk to a pilot about qol and pay. Probably on par with other corporate jobs though because turnover was low. In six years with the company I saw a pilot posting once. (on the company intranet site)

Good luck.

Just an edit it is Statesville. I was reading some correspondance from when I was considering a job at corporate and saw it is Statesville and Huntersville was a nice place to live close by.

 

[Mason]

OK

I grew up in North Carolina. We have the WORLD FAMOUS Lexington BBQ. World accepted and renowned to be the best. The Lexington BBG festival held yearly has an attendance of about twenty thousand from across the US and some other countries. The sauce in texas; well you might as well just pour on catsup.

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Lived in Winston-Salem for 8 years. Went to the Lexington BBQ festival many times. I'd vouch for Lexington having the BEST!