Citation Crash Today - AIR TREK, INC.

[dhc8fo]

Gossip among the medical folks is that they are about to have their 135 ticket pulled as well as their insurance....

 

[softail99]

Air Trek

Is this the Punta Gorda based Med flight company? If so, I sent them my resume' with tons of international med flight experience and 15,000 tt I was an instructor in the Citation. I was told by Wayne Carr he wouldn't hire me because the guys with all of the experience and exairline types always tried to tell him how to operate his aircraft.????? I wonder if maybe he should listen. Good thing he didn't hire me huh? What's with these people. If you go to ther eweb site it's a thrill.

 

[kilroy]

Is this the Punta Gorda based Med flight company? If so, I sent them my resume' with tons of international med flight experience and 15,000 tt I was an instructor in the Citation. I was told by Wayne Carr he wouldn't hire me because the guys with all of the experience and exairline types always tried to tell him how to operate his aircraft.????? I wonder if maybe he should listen. Good thing he didn't hire me huh? What's with these people. If you go to ther eweb site it's a thrill.

Yes this is the PGD operation. They also have a base in Virginia.

They definitely don't want pilots that will say no. And there is a lot of things to say no to in this company.

Whats really amazing is the are a DOD provider which is a government approved transport for air ambulance. It is hard as hell to get a DOD approval. And you would think after all these accidents the government would stop flying there G.I's on these aircraft

 

[kilroy]

Another one bites the dust

Amazing 4 aircraft in 36 months




http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20070415X00413&key=1


http://www.topix.net/forum/city/north-port-fl/TKUCCBLKQSJ3SBV58

 

[airplane wizard]

one guy and three chicks....if it was the guy flying maybe he got distracted by something?

Now what would have distracted him? I am sure his attention was 100% on flying

 

[SENECAII]

The pilot I am currently flying with used to work there and has told me many "horror" stories.....I think the problem is (as mentioned earlier) they hire greenies....but everyone has to start somewhere.

 

[maverick121]

The pilot I am currently flying with used to work there and has told me many "horror" stories.....I think the problem is (as mentioned earlier) they hire greenies....but everyone has to start somewhere.

I totally agree with you about the greenies. Part of the problem is some greenies have a hard time saying no especially if they just got the job and they have been working long and hard for it. All it takes if you have a young, intimidated, low time pilot is some ass chewing by the management to help them make up their mind. The reason I say this is because in Feb 2001, a friend of mine was killed because he got talked into flying a trip which he clearly shouldn't have taken. He iced up in a Beech 58. The owner basically told him to take a hike if he didn't accept the trip. So he took it and paid the ultimate price. Yes it was his fault because he went. I think it"s bullsh*t that owners try to pull this crap. Just my opinion.

 

[kilroy]

Site dedicate to this company

http://www.angelfire.com/az/cfi/

Its amazon some one has taken the time to put together a list of accidents and put it on this site.

 

[SENECAII]

Seems there are some other "incidents" that arent listed on that site. wink wink

 

[Say Again Over]

The pilot I am currently flying with used to work there and has told me many "horror" stories.....I think the problem is (as mentioned earlier) they hire greenies....but everyone has to start somewhere.

I understand that the experience level is dropping in the industry as a whole, but what about insurance minimums?

 

[SENECAII]

I figured that would put an end to the bashing of other people "incidents and accidents" at Air Trek.

 

[kilroy]

Another Air Trek Aircraft

It never seems to end with this company


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** Report created 7/2/2007 Record 12 **
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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 247AT Make/Model: C340 Description:
Date: 06/29/2007 Time: 0957

Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor

LOCATION
City: PUNTA GORDA State: FL Country: US

DESCRIPTION
WHILE LANDING, RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, PUNTA GORDA, FL.

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: KPOD METAR AUTO 290953Z

OTHER DATA
Activity: Business Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER


FAA FSDO: TAMPA, FL (SO35) Entry date: 07/02/2007

 

[kilroy]

I just heard that there Citation N633AT was started in the hanger and then ran thru the hanger door. Has any one else heard about this or can confirm are deny this rumor??

 

[SENECAII]

There are many things that happen in aviation that people dont ever hear about.It takes a bigger person to just let them go,we are all only human.

 

[kilroy]

There are many things that happen in aviation that people dont ever hear about.It takes a bigger person to just let them go,we are all only human.

So what exactly do you mean by this??