Discovery Air?

[RFtech]

Discovery Air?

Does anyone have specific corporate information on Discovery and how it ties into the Airline Training Academy?

How are you guys planning on attacking the other William’s assets?

 

[RFtech]

Correction Discover Air

http://www.discoverair.com/

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

I know they used to be hiring line captains for the EMB120 cause a lady i used to fly with almost got a job flying for them.

Ran into them a bunch in Nassau, Bahamas. They seemed cool.
Seems like they hire F.O.'s straight out of the academy at ORL

 

[350DRIVER]

It does appear that they are "still" in business, possibly using students money to keep this operation alive (just a wild guess without any information on my end).... I am just curious "IF" there will be any push to immediately shut down this operation until ALL money is returned to the students that is owed to them.?? Is this possible ??

If I were a ATA student I think that I would push to shut them down ASAP although I am sure that it wouldn't be as easy as it sounds...


Any legal action being taken by ATA students against Discover to "attempt" to get money back.??

good luck

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[Capn Lucky]

From what I have seen, Discover Air is a separate corporate entity and cannot be directly linked to ATA. That being said, if there were transfers of funds without proper documentation (notes and loan agreements) there would be hell to pay with the IRS.

 

[RFtech]

Whats the latest?

 

[slick1]

Per their own website: http://www.floridaair.com/discoverair/da_news.html

"Airline Training Academy, the parent company of Discover Air, was also toured by the Governor. "

That's right. Discover Air's own website states that Discover Air is a subsidiary of Airline Training Academy. So if Airline Training Academy is out of business and allegedly filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, can it's subsidiaries continue to operate?

More interestingly, can it be shown that Airline Training Academy management funneled money, (read: students $60,000 tuitions) into Discover Air, while planning to close the flight academy? If so, it sounds like fraud to me. And as we all know, debts accrued by means of fraud cannot be discharged through bankruptcy proceedings.

Here's another couple of interesting items. I've read that we can still call the Discover Air toll free reservations line and make reservations on Discover Air. Additionally, it appears that the choice of destinations available through Discover Air has been bumped up, big time. Check the "Destinations" section of Discover Air's website and you'll find that their destinations now include, (courtesy of "Vacation Express"), Cincinnati, Charlotte, Atlanta, Louisville, and many, many other major markets.

 

[BellyFlyer]

Saw one of their planes departing SFB today. I don't know if any pax were aboard.

 

[RFtech]

bump