Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
I know the owners of the DZ; I'm quite certain that they don't sound like me. I don't speak for them. I've never heard them say what I said above. My comments are my own, not theirs. They can speak for themselves.
I also know, as stated above, that the comments to which I responded, were uninformed, and untrue.
I do not now work for skydive az, nor did I work for skydive az. I did include several random specific details to make clear that I was aware of the details, rather than passing along third hand information.
As for a bunch of low-time pilots banding together to demand more money; they knew the pay when they signed the contract, did they not?
I'm not against asking for a raise; let them do as they wish. There's no ground to whine when the raise doesn't come, however, as they'd already entered into the agreement with full knowledge. For low-time pilots, they were rapidly building twin turbine time and making better pay than they'd have had flight instructing during the same period.
I like this game!
After reading this post I was going to hop back on and talk about integrity again but then I realized that we're playing a fun little word game. Technically no one works for Skydive AZ. If you have anything to do with the fun jump side of things you work for Para Drop Corp, if you have anything to do with the military side of things you work for Airborne Support Group, and if you did any mechanic work you worked for Aerospecialists. Hell, even the office furniture was owned by a separate entity. I suppose you are right - you didnt work for skydive AZ but if we are going along your route of thinking then neither did any of the other pilots on here. Isnt this game fun?!?! So it seems as though you were working for Aerospecialists and Airborne Support Group. But you're right - you didnt work for Skydive AZ.
That alone should be a red flag. I guess the best way to protect yourself from getting taken to the cleaners when it all hits the fan is to divide all of your assets up into a dozen separate companies. If anyone has any doubts - do a search on the registration of the Otters and Skyvans and see just how many shell companies they have been registered to. I'll give you a hint - if the company has anything to do with Arizona or Montana its all the same. Keep moving the assets around to make it hard to track and pin down. Tricky tricky.
And since we are on a crusade to air out the truth lets stop the lies about losing the DOD contract for a few months as well. We're back to that word game - Mr. "Burke" states that it wasnt lost to bad maintenance so lets give him that. It was lost the incomplete and inaccurate maintenance records. When the DOD shows up on site and performs an audit and finds that your maintenance records arent accurate and incomplete that is a good sign that your maintenance hasnt been done right. Once again - this word game keeps popping up.
Now before you go off again about all your connections with people at SDAZ just remember that youre not the only one. We all have connections and sources that are keeping us up to date and they arent the pilots. All the pilots I know are gone and somehow I keep getting all the same information you are. Its crazy that when you dont treat your employees right they have no problem venting their frustrations. I have photos, I have letters, I have all the evidence I need to back up my claims so tread lightly when you act like the only one that knows whats going on there. We weren't in the hangar kissing up to the bosses all day between flying one or two loads of the research and development teams (Before you ****ed them off and they requested you never be their pilot again).