Avantair

Just read through the entire thread. Glad to hear you guys are getting back on your feet expeditiously.
 
For now. Owner confidence can't be high. I know our owners would bail if something like that would happen. I'm a glass half empty guy when it comes to aviation.
 
Corporate Pilot said:
Correspondence from Avantair to its owners.

http://amsinc.aero/2012/11/latest-news-on-avantair/
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Ahem.
One immediate finding from our own examination of the situation was of great concern to us. The missing elevator was discovered near a runway from which the crew had taken off on an earlier leg the same day. This indicated the crew had failed to perform the mandatory and routine walk-around to inspect the plane following that first leg – a direct violation of Avantair policy, which requires that both crew members inspect each plane before each flight. The crew members from the July flight at issue no longer are employed at Avantair. Additionally, our pilots have been re-trained on the importance of this rule and our zero-tolerance policy for failure to comply with it and all other Company policies and procedures.
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And this is what I did:
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[QUOTEMx log -

Elevator missing.

Mx action - Deferred in accordance with MEL blah blah.][/QUOTE]

Lol you must work for a company that does contract maintenace for them...Sometimes you just have to tell them no and explain that it IS an important part of the aircraft

Glad to hear everyone is getting back to work, stay safe
 
zx6rrider said:
Lol you must work for a company that does contract maintenace for them...Sometimes you just have to tell them no and explain that it IS an important part of the aircraft
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No I just understand how the economics of aviation and 135 work.
 
A little update. As of today out of the total 227 pilots, 217 are active flying and the remaining 10 on furlough are the ones that chose to bypass.

Also, as of today Avantair is officially unionized! The pilots overwhelmingly voted in SMART (formerly UTU) to represent the pilot group. Very good news.
 
RPJ said:
A little update. As of today out of the total 227 pilots, 217 are active flying and the remaining 10 on furlough are the ones that chose to bypass.

Also, as of today Avantair is officially unionized! The pilots overwhelmingly voted in SMART (formerly UTU) to represent the pilot group. Very good news.
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Awesome! That's good news!
 
It's "safety". It's an ALPA catch phrase. I like the idea. The cargo cutout is wrong cause there should be one level of safety. Bringing that to 135 is problematic as it's a different industry somewhat used to the Feds looking the other way. For example, I sometimes read about 135 and 24 hour on call. Whitlow made 24 hour on call illegal, yet I often read it still exists at some 135's. Crazy business we are in....
 
But... How can 135 be unsafe? Most operators jump through the hoops and pay the fees to be rated as super duper metal quality outfits. How could those rating organizations look the other way on such an obvious threat to safety?

Aaaaaaand, I'm being sarcastic.
 
DE727UPS said:
It's "safety". It's an ALPA catch phrase. I like the idea. The cargo cutout is wrong cause there should be one level of safety. Bringing that to 135 is problematic as it's a different industry somewhat used to the Feds looking the other way. For example, I sometimes read about 135 and 24 hour on call. Whitlow made 24 hour on call illegal, yet I often read it still exists at some 135's. Crazy business we are in....
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I'm pretty sure 24 on call was never legal, and there have been more opinions from the chief consul on the topic than I can count. Including one say that the POI or FSDO can't say it's ok.
 
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