Hop A Jet

[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.

 

[Ace-of-the-Base]

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.

I think you mean the Montrose accident (hard to keep track). Relationship is murky, but I've heard they are owned by the same company. Here is an exerpt from one report:

Ownership of the jet that carried Ebersol is further muddied, registration records at the Federal Aviation Administration show. The jet is technically owned by Hop-A-Jet, a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based company. Mike Harvey, a Hop-A-Jet official, acknowledged that his company owned the aircraft but said it was leased to Jet Alliance.

 

[hawkerflyer]

Yes, It was the MTJ mishap aircraft that I was referring to.