Hop A Jet

[HMR]

Good post LJDRVR. Very similar to the speech I gave my GF when her job required her to fly charter.

P.S.- Wyvern approval means nothing.

I worked for a bottom-rung PT135 operator. Our CP would either pencil whip flight times on the Wyvern form or, worse yet, send one of our "qualified crews". Like most bottom of the barrel co.'s, the high time guys were some of THE WORST pilots you could imagine (that's why they were still at an entry level job). They need to come up with a better system.

 

[Ill Mitch]

May I see your FlightSafety pro card or Simuflite 61.58 card?
(If either is unable to produce the card, don't get on the airplane.) Pan Am/Simcom training doesn't count.

What's wrong with Pan AM?

 

[NJAowner]

Thanks

Thanks to all of you -- public and PM.

Fly safe.

 

[Jump Pilot]

P.S.- Wyvern approval means nothing.

Unless you are trying to get a job. Thats when Wyvern supercedes two personal recommendations and flying with two company pilots.

 

[Coolhans]

Quote: Ask to see the discrepancy logbook?!

WTF? I'll do that next time I fly on a 121 carrier as a pax. I wonder how far I'll get?!

And don't tell me that all 121 operators are top notch.

 

[LJDRVR]

Quote: Ask to see the discrepancy logbook?!

WTF? I'll do that next time I fly on a 121 carrier as a pax. I wonder how far I'll get?!

And don't tell me that all 121 operators are top notch.

As a paying customer on a $2000 an hour 135 charter, you better believe you'll be provided the logbooks if asked. Totally different dynamic than the herd that rides on the scheduled carriers.

I never said 121 operators were better.

 

[Groundpounder]

I'm at the same airport as Hop a Jet, and they are pretty good, from what I've seen. They do alot of flying for NetJets, and they have been around for a long time. The Lear 55 overrun is the only accident I know of, and that makes them even with Southwest, right?

 

[CUEBOAT]

and that makes them even with Southwest, right?

I guess you can say they are even with southwest, but with about 3 million fewer flight hours.

 

[LearAv8r]

The Lear 55 overrun is the only accident I know of, and that makes them even with Southwest, right?

Hop-A-Jet is owned by AirCastle and if memory serves me right they were involved with the Challenger crash recently in Colorado. Not to mention the Challenger that tried to turn off the runway early in FXE a few years back too, colapsed the nose gear. So they may be up a couple.

 

[hawkerflyer]

Hop-a jet is owned by Air Castle ? Unless there was some recent deal that I missed, that one is news to me. The Challenger that overran in TEB was in fact owned by and registered to HAJ, but they did not operate it.