Discover Air grounded by the FAA

[Long Time Gone]

FAA grounds airline linked to academy

 

[Snakum]

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!

I read that bit about the judge ordering proceeds from the aircraft sales and insurance payouts being held pending resolution with creditors - which include the students. They'll never get all the money back (I wish the judge could place a lien against the personal property of the family) but this is a start and shows that at least someone is taking this theft seriously. People like this should be hit in their personal pocketbook for the deception and outright theft they've practiced for years. They prey on the hopes and dreams of these students and employees and then attempt to take the money and run when it all goes tits up.

Also, any company who runs a business the way these guys ran the school simply cannot be trusted to follow FAA maintenance and training guidelines due to their greed, which fosters a willingness (eagerness?) to line thier personal pockets even at the expense of the lives of employees and customers.

I hope the family is crucified ... that'd send a message.

Minh

 

[Long Time Gone]

 

[slickmagneto]

Is this Jim Williams guy the former DO/CP for the now defunct SUNJET charter company in Sanford that operated Payne Stuarts Lear 35.

 

[TrumanSparks]

That was not Payne's lear 35. He owned a share of a Lear 31 with FlexJet at the time of the accident. The 35 that he was killed in was opperated by Sunjet (mabe even owned by Sunjet, I don't know). What happened was his management company chartered the 35 so Payne wouldn't have to use his personal hours. I've enjoyed everyone I've flown at Flex, but Payne stood out, he was a real joy to fly. He was and still is truley missed by the pilots at Flex that knew him. Our hearts went out to his family.

 

[qwerty]

good! bunch of greedy dirt bags they are.

 

[hydroflyer]

I never understood why this "charter airline" continued to fly after ATA closed. I'm not sure what they were doing, but all I ever saw and heard them do was practice instrument approaches and holding patterns on nice clear days around multiple airports in Florida. It just pissed me off to hear those planes (Discovery Air) flying around for apparent training while all of those ATA students got screwed.