Nascar
 

Hi,

I am wondering if anyone here flies for any of the racing teams.

I am interested in a Flight Attendant Position and am looking for contact names, numbers, email addresses.

If you do not wish to post on this board, please PM me or email
[email protected]

Thanks, I really appreciate any information.

Ladi

Flight Attendant
 

That may be a little tough to come by. I would think you'd probably have to know them personally to get on with them. Plus, the pilot/copilot would probably take care of most of the things they might need. Ice, beverages, etc. etc.

Here's a link that lists alot of the Nascar teams planes and tail numbers:
http://discussions.flightaware.com/v...ic.php?p=13460

Thanks Okie,

Can you believe, I have already found 2 pilot from 2 separate teams, got in contact with them, now they have my resumes.

One actually told me that most of the teams do have an aircraft in which they utilize a Flight Attendant.

Exhaustive internet searches, but it worked. Will see if anything comes up.

Oh, BTW, thanks for the link. I have been to Flight aware, but not that section. I appreciate this. :cool:

Where in OK do you live?

ladi

That's awesome. I live in Muskogee, and am a proud "Okie from Muskogee" as Merle Haggard put it.

I almost shot myself in the foot, I didn't run across that link I gave you right before I posted my last comment. I've seen Jimmie Johnson's Lear 35 and Robert Yates Beechjet 400, but had no idea some of these guys were packing 727's and DC-9's.

Glad I could help out. I wish the best of luck to you.



--Okie_Pilot

BTW does anyone know if the Victorias Secret Models travel on corporate jet? If so I'd like to become a male flight attendant for them. Thanks.:D

Yeah, I wouldn't mind that.

"Mam, would you like to have some nuts with that?" :D






---Okie_Pilot

How sick and unprofessional

...yet absolutely hilarious.

Ladi,

99% of all drivers dont have flight attendants. Now you will see that some of the teams have bigger a/c for crew transport, that's where you will get the position if your lucky.

What are you thinking? lol

Yeah, I think I better skip the flight attendant part, and keep myself in the cockpit.




Okie_Pilot

do you think the models would go for the forty-something with a bit of a belly?

Depends how bad they want to get to their destination...

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Born and raised in Elk City!

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I know Kevin Harvick has one Lear 31 so you can narrow your search a bit. I THINK Robert Yates is flying a couple of Saab 2000's.

That said, we (www.jetride.com) have FA's based in ILG, BED, and LCK for Falcon 50 and Gulfstream 3/4. All part 135 charter.

Hi Mac,

Thanks for steering everyone back!

I tried to send you a private message, but it would not allow me.

I have checked out the Jetride site before, so I rechecked. The available aircraft has not been updated to include GIII/IV or a FA 50.

Whom should I send my resume to?

OOPS, off the topic again!

Thanks!

Ladi

Nascar pilots fly hard during the season. The flights begin on Friday and Saturday, then leave Sunday after the race. Some of the planes go back to base, and planes carrying smaller groups go on to another track to test for a future race until Tuesday. They have Wedensday off, then start getting ready to go again.

I had a Nascar pilot in a class with me a couple years ago. The schedule they have is brutal. He also said if your spouse works, you will not stay married long. It is very hard on the family life, and a couple years ago the pay was not that great for what they had to put up with. Definately a life style that you are signing onto.

I am in the business right now for the past ten years, but work for a team and not a driver. Last year 150 duty days/325 hrs 15-20 overnites. Most trips out and back, except west coast races, PHX, LAS, ONT, APC. NASCAR has cut back on the testing to 6-8 tracks during the year. If you fly for a driver, it can get brutal if you do not set limitations, unless a 3rd pilot is hired or contract pilots are used. Then you need to make sure you can trust the individuals you are using.

It all basically comes down to the organization as in other corporate flight departments. If they are family oriented with good management, etc. then most times it will be a good place to work (QOL). Salaries are more competitive now with nicer equipment.

Hey Dracula,

That is what I am looking for, or even the team owners.

Who should I contact? I have gotten in touch w/ pilots from 2 different teams? Are you one of the guys I have contacted? In the past week or so....

ladi

Come down to Daytona this week. I can guarantee you could get a job. They close down a 6,000 foot runway to park A/C ranging from Lears and Gulfstreams to Saab 2000s and 727s.

Go hang out at the Sheltair FBO and you could do some great networking.

Just curious, what is the average pay for flying for the teams and drivers. I know it depends on equipment flown. Thanks in advance.

By the way, you have to love Okies!!!

Nascar Flight unit at Fault
 

NASCAR flight unit faulted in plane crash that killed 5 people

The Associated Press

Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009


WASHINGTON - NASCAR violated federal regulations when it allowed a plane involved in a deadly 2007 crash outside Orlando, Fla., to return to the air without maintenance after a pilot reported an electrical malfunction the previous day, federal investigators said Wednesday.
The crash - which killed five people, including two children and an adult on the ground - was partly a result of sloppy maintenance record-keeping at NASCAR's aviation unit, staff investigators told the National Transportation Safety Board Wednesday. NASCAR has a fleet comparable to a small charter operation or a tiny airline.
The board was set to vote later in the day on determining the official cause of the July 10, 2007, crash in Sanford. Investigators said the pilot flying the plane the day before the crash deactivated the plane's radar system in midflight when it began producing a burning smell.
The pilot submitted an incident report to the maintenance division, but the problem was not inspected before the plane was allowed back in the air the next day.
Instead, the radar system was kept off.
The pilot in charge on the day of the crash was told of the incident before he took off, investigators said, but may have believed the radar system was simply broken.
Instead, an electrical problem reoccurred, this time tragically, as the plane was making a 100-mile trip from Daytona Beach to Lakeland.
"I think we're going to find that this accident started before the airplane even left the ground," said NTSB board member Robert Sumwalt. "We're going to see that the organization ... enabled this tragic, unnecessary crash."
Investigators said they found that NASCAR kept poor records of maintenance problems with its planes and had no system for ensuring that reports were addressed.
NASCAR couldn't provide a copy of the maintenance report that the pilot submitted the day before the crash, for example.
The accident killed a woman and her and 6-month-old son when their home was hit by the plane, as well as a 4-year-old child in a second house that was hit. NASCAR pilot Michael Klemm and the husband of a NASCAR executive, Bruce Kennedy, also died in the accident.
Board members expressed frustration that corporate flight divisions aren't subject to greater oversight.