Gulfstream Down in the South of France?

[Fly91]

Hearing that it was a contract captain and they were fuel heavy.

Yes....that captain flew for UJET for FREE for a period of time to get a job there.

 

[Fly91]

I guess since I have 5 dead friends....I'm a little pissed to hear about this happening ONCE AGAIN.

The company that killed Payne Stewart....shut down after that one crash. How does UJET have what 5 crashes and 12 fatalities and still stay in business?

Ridiculous.

 

[AA717driver]

Captain, American Airlines pilot who SUPPOSEDLY got fired for incompetence.

Wow! You've got to be REALLY bad...

Still sorry for the crew and families.

TC

 

[Fly91]

Wow! You've got to be REALLY bad...

Still sorry for the crew and families.

TC

AND.......he only got a job to fly for FREE till he could gain experience on the GIV...he got the job because he gave a boat slip to the owner of UJET to use for free. Thats why he got to work there.

2 years ago......a guy literally GAVE the owner of UJET, Mike McCauley, an old Ferrari.....FOR A JOB. According to the pilots at UJET, the guy couldn't fly worth a PISS. They would not upgrade him. He ended up quitting, taking a job on a Gulfstream somewhere in Africa......and crashed it and killed everyone on board. I think earlier this year or late last year.

Thats how UJET gets pilots.

NOT ALL....as I said, I personally know a few who are very competent and quality pilots. Some of those competent pilots actually had to leave and go fly contract to make a dollar because this American Airlines guy was flying every trip for free..........

 

[ultrarunner]

Someone that works there told me 30 minutes ago that the plane was NOT supposed to be flying......it had MX issues that were NOT done. This is from a current employee.

It's pretty safe to say Fly91 that you and the person who spoke to you will be interviewed by the FAA and the NTSB, in-as-much as what you just posted is not casual.

Expect a phone call and a letter and help shut down, what appears to be, a crappy operation...

 

[gret]

Doubt it very much.....

 

[TMMT]

Pictures:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cans-dead-private-jet-crash-south-France.html

Oh God... I know that jet...

It's UJ out of Boca.

 

[TMMT]

Its the dirtbag operation Universal Jet Aviation out of Boca Raton, FL.

Mike McCauley's crap company.

This makes 12 people DEAD in 11 years at that shhhh it hole..................junk planes, the worst maintenance, the cheesiest pilots.

Hopefully this will put them out of business........how many dead people have to come out of one company before they get shut down????

PATHETIC.....

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Yup!

 

[Skippy]

Very sorry for the crash and the people involved. This company obviously has issues and needs to be harshly evaluated

 

[pilotgolfer]

So the Captain was 60 and the other guy was 20 something? I thought the ISBAO rules for the euro zone had an age 60 limit for the PIC. Is that not the case? Forgive me if I am butchering the rules..I have a 121 background.

 

[landlover]

So the Captain was 60 and the other guy was 20 something? I thought the ISBAO rules for the euro zone had an age 60 limit for the PIC. Is that not the case? Forgive me if I am butchering the rules..I have a 121 background.

i think it's 65 to be PIC and a combined age of both pilots to be less than 130. or something along thos elines. but i may be butchering it as well.

 

[TMMT]

In this case I don't think it applies to part 91 ops, just 135...

http://www.nbaa.org/admin/personnel/age-60/

 

[StarHustler]

ARG/US Platinum rated...what a sick joke...

That's the equivelant of buying your Diploma online, if you got enough Cash, it's yours for the asking..

 

[AA717driver]

The word from some at AA who knew the CA was that he was a pretty senior 777 CA who retired at 56 in 2008 because he had his "fill of AA's bull$h!t". He also was an investment broker-- his side business was very successful, according to some AA friends.

Nothing bad being said on the AA board. If he got forced to retire due to training issues, I doubt it was an inability to fly. AA's training system can create problems where there were none in some cases.

TC

 

[gret]

MIAMI - MAY 22: Captain Dale Popik aboard flight #57 from London Heathrow taxis into the gate', as he completes his final flight prior to retirement May 22, 2008 after 30 years of service as a pilot for American Airlines at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. American Airlines announced yesterday that it is parking 50 planes that are either older or less efficiant due to the soaring cost of fuel. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

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