Exec Star is gone

[Shamus]

Talk about jumping on the band wagon without knowing the facts. I worked for Clyde for 9 months and when the **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** was about to hit the fan, he told all of his pilot about a month before so so we could get out. He got me a job flying Lears to help me out. A lot of people don't like the guy because he demands a lot out of his pilots and most people can't take it. If you could, you'd make atleast $35K a year flying his light twins, and I was making over $60K flying his King Airs. Pilots are his problem. In a six week period, one pilot in the JAX base: ran off the end of a runway, (never notified the company) landed over an airliner on the wrong runway in Atlanta, (never notified the company) and then gear uped a Baron. That all took place in a week and a half, and that pilot was and AI. A couple of weeks later, the nose gear on a C-210 would not come down, hence partial gear up landing, and then a couple of weeks later, a MECHANIC, jumped tha chalks after completing a 100 hour on a Baron and ramed it into a King Air 90 totaling them both.

Everyone did get there final pay check. Many of the planes we leased (he had a fleet of 19 aircraft). so they were sent back to there owners, and he is selling most of the others.

As I understand it, Clyde has private pilot instrument privledges, but he has been long burnt out over aviation.

The CEO, Vic is looking to buy Tropic Air with some investors from NY, which is great because that place is run like a joke, Clyde will have nothing to do with it.



I'm glad I woked for Clyde, good money, great experience, and I'm glad I'm not working for him anymore.

 

[Groundpounder]

I've never heard anything good about Clyde or execstar, except in the above post.

 

[SevenDos]

I worked for execstar with shamus, it was definately an experience. I got a lot of good experience, like flying during hurricanes, and doing some very marginal mexican VFR. It made me a better pilot. I'm just glad I was able to walk away from it all. It's such a far cry from the 121 world, but fun!

 

[Hawker700]

To answer Millhouse21's question.....Clyde's certificates (ALL OF THEM) have been revoked. He isn't even a private pilot anymore. That probably wont stop that jerk though. He's a legend in his own MIND! What mind he has left, that is. He's a textbook psychopath. Stay tuned, I'm sure we haven't heard the last of him unfortunately. We'll read about him in the Sun Sentinel someday.

 

[Hawker700]

Shamus, if you worked for only nine months for Execstar how did you figure you were making over 60k a YEAR?? You nned to get your facts straight about the timeline on that Atlanta, guy too. Your basics are right but, your details are NOT. I hope Vic can get the Tropic Air deal, he was the only sane person at Execstar, in my opinion. We are all better off with a Clyde "screwing the pooch" for all of us. By the way, where was the POI in all of this c-ap going down?

 

[Stealthh21]

Which is worse?

Working for a 135 company in S. Florida

OR

Getting your balls bit by a dog

hummmmmmmm about the same!!