With regard to Colemill Enterprises,it is a company to stay away from if
one values not betting on every flight that you won't be violated by the Feds.
Until this year the company did not have an approved MEL,so that meant that
every flight that went on a charter could not have any squawks whatsoever.
I can tell from first hand experience that many ,many charters went out with not just one squawk but several.The aircraft 5 Kingairs(1 B200,1 200,2 A100's,and 1E-90 also 2 piston pounder navajos all sit outside on the ramp in the elements when not in use.The Dir of Ops ,Bill Colbert,cares only about the money and fires pilots for going on interviews for other jobs,and for following pt 135 regs, not violating them.The old chief pilot flew 90% of the time,took all the good trips and mgmt kept silent,he also didn't do training.The new chief pilot flies less than 50 % but is turning into a captain Bligh ,pissing everybody off,assigning double shifts for air ambulance,no weekends off.However they still have captain happy Patrick to p- off all the Sic's
The company manual states in the air ambulance section that all pilots will be trained,however that is completely false.
Aword to the wise, this company simply cannot be called PILOT FRIENDLY under any circumstances.
one values not betting on every flight that you won't be violated by the Feds.
Until this year the company did not have an approved MEL,so that meant that
every flight that went on a charter could not have any squawks whatsoever.
I can tell from first hand experience that many ,many charters went out with not just one squawk but several.The aircraft 5 Kingairs(1 B200,1 200,2 A100's,and 1E-90 also 2 piston pounder navajos all sit outside on the ramp in the elements when not in use.The Dir of Ops ,Bill Colbert,cares only about the money and fires pilots for going on interviews for other jobs,and for following pt 135 regs, not violating them.The old chief pilot flew 90% of the time,took all the good trips and mgmt kept silent,he also didn't do training.The new chief pilot flies less than 50 % but is turning into a captain Bligh ,pissing everybody off,assigning double shifts for air ambulance,no weekends off.However they still have captain happy Patrick to p- off all the Sic's
The company manual states in the air ambulance section that all pilots will be trained,however that is completely false.
Aword to the wise, this company simply cannot be called PILOT FRIENDLY under any circumstances.
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