Busy Repo Man

[LineUpAndWait]

Sign of the times I guess. NYT article today on repo guy who works dawn to dusk picking up planes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/business/14repo.html

 

[Hernandezcfi]

I flew a Falcon 10 with a Repo Guy last year. He was like the Indiana Jones of Aviation. He had more adventures them me and I used to hunt men for a living.

 

[LOGS]

For the longest time I tried to get into the airplane repo business but couldn't really get anywhere. Now that would be a job!

=Jason-

 

[Bigey]

How does repo work for jets or anything that requires a type?

Do they do the flight under some weird, special regs or something??

 

[bdhill1979]

Where can you buy the repo'd planes? Auction?

 

[spilot]

More capable...

What are these 'other databases' that shows location of aircraft movement without use of flight plan data?

 

[deadstick]

http://www.busaircraft.com/aircraft.php?pagenum=3&totalrows=29&id=129

 

[SIUav8er]

How does repo work for jets or anything that requires a type?

Do they do the flight under some weird, special regs or something??

hire pilots that are typed to pick it up?

 

[SpiraMirabilis]

Obviously you would need a type (and a SIC maybe too).

 

[sopdan]

Seems like it would be a little bit safer than repo-ing cars (as far as confrontation). Many people wouldn't be anywhere near their aircraft during normal business hours.

I remember seeing an airplane repo on one of those specials on the Discovery Channel (I think)... IIRC, the guy even did a quick preflight before hopping in.

 

[OldTownPilot]

Seems like it would be a little bit safer than repo-ing cars (as far as confrontation). Many people wouldn't be anywhere near their aircraft during normal business hours.

I remember seeing an airplane repo on one of those specials on the Discovery Channel (I think)... IIRC, the guy even did a quick preflight before hopping in.

I remember that one too, It was very much a "CFI's preflight" Oil, fuel, all the important bits, now lets get out of here.

 

[Maurus]

There is an SR-22 that has been sitting in the back of the hanger here that is about to get repoed, but a local cirrus dealer I think might be buying it.