OK-- let's get a few things straight.
First, all the people involved with AEPS, UPAS, Planejobs, and the others for the most part have the industry knowledge.
OK, maybe some of the people involved with sites like these have industry knowledge, but then again, there's people like Kit Darby who is still telling everybody there's a pilot shortage. I don't think he's that stupid to think there's a shortage...I tend to believe that people like him who run these businesses are mainly non-pilot crooks who are looking out to get your subscription money and don't care about customer service or delivering the product you paid for. I don't know, call me old school or whatever, but if I pay for something, I want to receive what I paid for
Secondly. Mr. Dent has no money to pay Mr. Kirkwood. The demise of UPAS wiped him out and left him oweing the debt to of all people ALPA.
I know all about being in debt. Mr. Dent is not the first one to ever owe money. He needs to step up to the plate like all of the other Americans who are out of work and do what it takes to pay your debt. Move out of your 4000 square foot home, get a second job, flight instruct again, whatever. DON'T give a website away and have it given back, then take it off of the internet.
Thirdly, to run one of these sites, the first thing you need is a computer programer who thinks they are worth $100k a year and that is probably the current market.
I'm not a computer programmer, but I have owned a website where I sold over 3000 items and I ran it myself. You do not need to be a programmer to do what I did. The format for planejobs.com seems fairly simple. Just post job listings for the pilots and post resumes for the companies to view...not brain surgery.
Both AEPS and Planejobs were being held up just to keep them running until it was decided what to do with them. That means that customer service is not a big deal.
Customer Service not a big deal when in times of uncertainty???? Whatever. That's like being in the middle of an airline flight and finding out that as soon as you land, the airline is going out of business so the airline personell stop giving a $hit about the passengers. Hell, what do the employees have to loose?? They're out of a job. So no beverage/meal service for the duration of the flight, no announcements for the rest of the flight and after landing, the passengers are responsible for getting their own luggage out of the belly. Was this flight your intermediate leg of a multi-segment trip? Oh well, you're stuck. Fend for yourself because we're out of business and we don't care.
Basically, I got screwed by UPAS and now it looks like planejobs is doing the same thing. I hate it when companies don't do business right and the customer suffers. I've personally owned several businesses and I know first hand how things should work if it's done right. I just want my money to be prorated back. I have absolutely no problem paying for the portion of time that I used while planejobs was online. Publisher, I'm sure you're a nice guy and I have no beef with you...I'm just upset at these companies that have zero accountability. I think I'll stay with climbto350.com
