Air Tahoma

[cargojunkie]

Does anybody know anything about Air Tahoma. The good the bad the ugly? What about a dispatch spot before you fly. I appreciate your info.

 

[Wang Chung]

Use the search feature - keyword Air Tahoma.

Blue skies, fly safe, make good choices,

Wang

 

[JetsByJune]

does anybody know if this is the company that flew a convair 580 up to alaska and down through russia to the phillipines... i wonder how they did that with legal aleternates... i question if the F.A.A. knew about that ???

 

[cargopod]

I bet that thing wont ever make the return flight..

 

[JetsByJune]

bump!!!!

 

[BTSOMT]

does anybody know if this is the company that flew a convair 580 up to alaska and down through russia to the phillipines... i wonder how they did that with legal aleternates... i question if the F.A.A. knew about that ???

Was it legal? Is that the airplane that flies with a load of fuel and cargo (taking into consideration the Subic Bay runway limitations) that is a lot higher than any of the manuals say it should do?

 

[JetsByJune]

i question if there are any nice golf courses that they can park the airplane at over in subic bay ???? Is that not where they parked the last 580 that had problems ????

 

[cargopod]

There is a large wet foot print on that route.
At least there is 2 life rafts..
wonder if they have holes in them??

 

[JetsByJune]

how large is the footprint???

 

[cargopod]

about 175 mile on either way you go..

 

[BTSOMT]

does anybody know if this is the company that flew a convair 580 up to alaska and down through russia to the phillipines... i wonder how they did that with legal aleternates... i question if the F.A.A. knew about that ???

I'm sure NR would LOVE to explain that one.

 

[JetsByJune]

Does anyone know who in the FAA we can cut and paste this link too... someone that will look into it a little deeper???

 

[Augmenter_Tube]

Their POI is out of the Detroit FSDO

http://www.faa.gov/fsdo/dtw/

Stanton C Woodbury was their POI, but I do not know if that has changed.

 

[flyinyourShorts]

When I left last July, Stan was still the POI. I don't know if he still is, I know he is close to retirement.

He is a great guy, but seems he might have been pretty lax on Air Tahoma is he is still the POI.

 

[JetsByJune]

I beleive he is aware of the problems... i think his hands are tied until retirement... you wouldnt want to open a can of worms rite before retirement would you??

 

[belchfire]

I would think that getting a few scalps
to hang from your belt would be a good
thing just before you retire!

 

[BTSOMT]

Or he's taking the "turn the other cheek " thing too far? How many more pilots need to be killed, risk death or violations to keep the good ol' boys running their money machine?

 

[JetsByJune]

I bet they didnt even get theyre hand slapped on the last crash. I also beleive that they got boat loads of money from the insurance which little to none will be going to the widow of that crash

 

[BTSOMT]

Anybody at Fedex or the Feds run the numbers on Tahoma using runway 01 out of Subic and the amount of fuel and cargo they're carrying? Is that a legal amount?

 

[Feathersword]

Shiver me timbers, there is no way N585P can carry the weight it was contracted to do!!

What bothers me more is there are NO americans working over there anymore!! Seems Chad, Charles, Steven, Jesus, and Michael have either moved on or came back to the land of Yanks!! Blimey if that isn't scary!! I do not think FedEx intended that to happen!!