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Aviation Industry Updates: May 30, 2023

James Onieal : May 30, 2023 10:42:27 AM

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Delta Announces New Supplemental Retirement Benefit For Pilots

We Just Got A Pilot With FOUR 121 Checkride Failures Hired At A Legacy

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Memorial Day Weekend Travel Surge Pushes Airports, Airline Crews To The Limit

We Just Got A Pilot With A Gear Up Landing Hired At A Major

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Why Jet It Failed & Stranded Clients

KEY POINTS:

Buying a fractional share of an airplane is supposed to make personal jet aviation effortless, but for Jet It clients it has become a nightmare. On Monday, May 22, Jet It fractional owners were told that their airplanes were being grounded because of safety concerns about the HondaJet.
At the time of the grounding, Jet It claimed that it was taking the action out of an abundance of caution in light of an incident with a HondaJet. The airplane ran off the end of a runway in South Carolina. Jet It CEO Glenn Gonzales told owners that he was concerned about the safety of the aircraft and wanted to understand the reason that HondaJets were more susceptible to runway excursions than similar aircraft.
The problem is that the safety issue doesn’t appear to be the cause of Jet It’s sudden service disruption—but cash does.
Coming from the largest operator of HondaJets in the U.S., it was a shocking statement. The problem was that Jet It also grounded its other aircraft in the fleet, not just the HondaJets, leaving many owners questioning whether this was a “negotiating tactic” to allow the company to exercise the force majeure clauses in fractional contracts, enabling the company to cancel the programs and agreements altogether.
After all, if Jet It could stand behind the story that the HondaJet was an unsafe aircraft, it would shield the company from liability stemming from potential owner lawsuits and damages caused by an abrupt shutdown and service disruption.
The problem is that the safety issue doesn’t appear to be the cause of Jet It’s sudden service disruption—but cash does.

Flying Mag

Airlines and FAA Try to Head Off Summer Travel Meltdowns

KEY POINTS:

The number of Americans who will fly this summer could eclipse the pre-pandemic high from 2019. That would be great news for airlines, but it could also cause a backlash against the industry if it fails to keep up with demand and delays or cancels thousands of flights.
The recovery from the pandemic has been punctuated by several major travel meltdowns, stranding millions of travelers and angering lawmakers and regulators. In recent months, the Transportation Department has proposed requiring greater transparency around airline fees and requiring companies to more fully compensate people whose flights are delayed or canceled.
A major misstep could increase political pressure on lawmakers and regulators to take a harder line against airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration, which directs air traffic and has also had notable failures in recent years.
“I don’t think they can afford to have a summer like they did last year,” said William J. McGee, a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project, a research and advocacy group that has criticized consolidation in the airline business. “This pattern they had last year of canceling flights at the last minute, in many cases due to crew shortages, that’s just unacceptable. They’re not going to be able to do that again, I don’t think, not without some serious repercussions.”

Yahoo News

We Just Got A Pilot With 2200 Hours Hired At A Legacy

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