Starting a Part 91 Flight Department?
02-13-2009, 09:08 AM
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Starting a Part 91 Flight Department?
Does anybody here have experience in that area?
My boss is thinking about taking his plane off the 135 cert it is on now to avoid all the headaches that has caused him.
I guess at a minimum you would need the obvious (pilots, at least one mechanic, a dispatcher/support person, and what else?
I am just trying to get an idea of what the process entails.
Thanks!
My boss is thinking about taking his plane off the 135 cert it is on now to avoid all the headaches that has caused him.
I guess at a minimum you would need the obvious (pilots, at least one mechanic, a dispatcher/support person, and what else?
I am just trying to get an idea of what the process entails.
Thanks!
02-13-2009, 09:24 AM
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Yeah, I figured that, but the gal that is currently doing the same duties (scheduling hotels, cars, arranging slots) would come onboard and take on those duties.
The fewer emails and phone calls I need to make the better!
I used to fly for XJT. How are things?
The fewer emails and phone calls I need to make the better!
I used to fly for XJT. How are things?
02-13-2009, 09:32 AM
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Well, if you've already got someone doing those duties and the money is already spent on their salary, why change, right?
XJT's not bad. Not a whole lot going on right now. Things have stabilized for a while. The schedule reductions at CAL have transferred to us so a little less flying to be done but not too bad. But my seniority kinda sugar coats things for me and not living in-base helps to isolate myself from crew room whining.
When were you here?
XJT's not bad. Not a whole lot going on right now. Things have stabilized for a while. The schedule reductions at CAL have transferred to us so a little less flying to be done but not too bad. But my seniority kinda sugar coats things for me and not living in-base helps to isolate myself from crew room whining.
When were you here?
02-13-2009, 11:33 AM
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Taking an aircraft out of 135 will reduce it's value in the market. Unless he is fully ready to take the hit, you might consider continuing to maintain it to 135. Aside from pilots, the other stuff is really up to you. We do almost everything ourselves, unless we are going international. Unless you are crazy buzy, it's really not that big of a deal.
02-13-2009, 01:49 PM
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The NBAA has many resouces available that could help you. They have a lot of information on starting flight departments - budget info, administration, operations manuals, etc. NBAA.org
You will also want some flight department software for scheduling trips and generating reports, etc. There are several companies that do this, such as Professional Flight Management (pfmsys.com), BART, CTA-FOS, and FlightPak (from Universal Weather). I am sure there are others, but those come to mind.
That's a start!
Tom
You will also want some flight department software for scheduling trips and generating reports, etc. There are several companies that do this, such as Professional Flight Management (pfmsys.com), BART, CTA-FOS, and FlightPak (from Universal Weather). I am sure there are others, but those come to mind.
That's a start!
Tom
02-13-2009, 02:24 PM
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Taking an aircraft out of 135 will reduce it's value in the market. Unless he is fully ready to take the hit, you might consider continuing to maintain it to 135. Aside from pilots, the other stuff is really up to you. We do almost everything ourselves, unless we are going international. Unless you are crazy buzy, it's really not that big of a deal.
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