Impressions???

[HMR]

I hope he does not get run over by a car....you will have a hard time replacing your gig.

As I said, "anything can happen". Thankfully, he's quick on his feet.

can you share what kind of business he is in that is never affected by the economy? just curious...

I don't want to go into details about the business on a public message board. Of course, every business is affected by the economy. I would've been more correct to say our flight dept. isn't affected by downturns in the economy. It's a relatively small expense in relation to the value the boss gets from it.


Back to the original topic: Too many pilots complain about their jobs. If you don't like it, do something about it. There are GREAT jobs out there. I'm a relatively low-time guy and I had no problem finding this one (got if off of FlightInfo). Nappy- Good luck with your decision!

 

[501261]

As far as approaching the owners about leaving the charter compnay. I have seen this many times and have NEVER seen it work out in favor of the pilot.

There certainly is a risk to doing this, and while I have never done it, I had been approached by a couple of owners during my 135 days. I also have first hand knowledge of two operations that have successfully made the transition from managed 135 to a owner 91 operation.

The big thing here is to have all your ducks in a row. The management company has legal documents with ramifications if the owner breaks the agreement. What has happened is a pilot comes along and tells the owner that he can save $100K by managing the airplane him/herself. So the owner goes to the management company and says "I want to break my agreement as Pilot 'A' is going to manage my airplane", and the management company comes back and says that's fine, but you will owe us $200K in lost charter revenue. Guess what happens, Pilot "A" is on the street looking for a job, with a bad reputation.

The people that had been successful with the transition, have had owners that really didn't need the charter business, they simply "hooked" up with the charter company because it was their first and only forte' into private aviation.

Certainly a move to be cautious about, but it certainly can be done and very successfully at that.

 

[Snakum]

can you share what kind of business he is in that is never affected by the economy?

Heroin?

 

[Makesheepnervus]

5 days a month, 1 RON...

Jeez, HMR, you have to rub it in don't you!

What's next, you gonna tell us that the boss also throws in a company car as well as an on call 5'6 110 lb 21 yr old massage girl!

BTW, did JT ever get a hold of you?

MSN

 

[HMR]

BTW, did JT ever get a hold of you?

I talked to him yesterday.

BTW- The girl is 5'8".