Britt Air - New Airline??

[Yank McCobb]

Did anyone else see that there is a 15 YR OLD! running this thing.

Uh, YEAH. It was pointed out in the first post of this thread.

 

[urflyingme?!]

Details, Details....

 

[bafanguy]

They were out of Terre Haute, IN. Flew Metros. Got swallowed up into Continental Express about the same time Rocky Mountain in Colorado did.

There's probably a few of us old-timers that "sort of" remember them.

I think the incarnation of Britt I'm remembering is older yet than the one you mention. I knew guys who flew for him out of a small town just over the eastern border of IL, DNV maybe ? And I'm pretty sure it was B-99's to start.

Why is it no fun to be the one who remembers back the furthest ? Geritol !! Breakfast of Champions !!

 

[bafanguy]

Well, Britt Air is advertising for 727 crews, all seats, on climbto350.com. Didn't mention the $8K. Se www.flybritt.com

 

[whereamI]

*NO positions will begin being paid until a certain financial goal is met. At this time, employees will get a bonus sum, plus earned wage. We will not begin hiring until we Incorportate, but will take applications.

Hhhmmmm, so the employee's are gonna work for free huh, and then as soon as you raise $19,600,000.00USD you are gonna buy two 757's and start paying everyone. Wonder if the kid will take an out of state check for a couple of those $8,000 shares of stock?

 

[Flywrite]

"Airline's soul creator is a 15yr old,"


OK, which is it..? A typo, a young James Brown, or Junior is dabbling in the black arts...

 

[JAFI]

I remember the "old" Britt airlines. We use to watch the Metro 1's have to get the gear up to clear the 5 foot fence at the end of the runway. A Britt Captain told me he flew a 99 to get worked on and had to stay at the hanager till it was done. It took three days. No motel for the pilots, they slept in the hanager on cots. All that and $600 a month and the glory of working for Bill Britt.

One other thing. There are "airlines" that "start up" for three years while they "collect" investors money. They never go through the certification process (sometimes they do not even contact the FAA for certification) but they hire people, have web sites, and get money out of people some how but never turn one revenue dollar. They move around a lot and the same people seem to work for all the same "start up" groups. Find out how many "airlines" they have started sucessfully.

IMHO Having to pay for a job is like getting paid in stock, you are better off keeping your money in your pocket and both hands on your wallet. Be careful out there.
JAFI

 

[mzaharis]

Here's the "founder's" personal website. And to think, some of you thought he didn't have enough experience running a business . . .

http://koballs.tripod.com/

Also saw his name and city in a website for a MSFS Virtual Airline (I believe that this would be his industry credentials). Got the name from here, and googled:

http://www.flybritt.com/about_us

 

[Flywrite]

Man this is just hilarious...lawn boy to airline executive.

I like this line from the website:
"New information has convinced BrittAir to "shoot" for the lease of two Boeing 757-200 jets with Rolls Royce powerplants."

Who wants to bet the "new information" is a thread over on airliners.net discussing how cool a 757 with RB211s looks and how great it would look in such-and-such a paint scheme.

 

[Ty Webb]

Sounds to me like another "virtual airline" game that provides mental masturbation for a bunch of teen geeks that haven't discovered girls yet.

They make up their own livery, pick their equipment, and go through all these elaborate exercises, all in an attempt to escape for a few hours, from a world filled with "Snuggies" ""Swirlies" and ridicule.

Putting an ad on a job website is really pushing it, tough. Sounds like some more snuggies, swirlies, and general beatings will be forthcoming for these "C.E. No's".
[with apologies to David Spade].

I think his first purchase should be a spell checker . . . one that can help this poor kid learn the proper use of the apostrohe . . . he's a friggin' "Apostrophe Catastrophe":

BrittAir charges consumers the right price. Although BrittAir financial facts cannot be released, it is very important for the consumer to know that every other airline is over charging because they are to big and need to cover all there costs. BrittAir is honest, and we will do well charging you the very least, and thats how we will do business now, and in the future. Thats our commitment.

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And, for what it's worth, the real Britt also flew F27's.