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02-19-2026 | 06:40 PM
#51
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 5,529
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From: UNA
The UNA pilot that was making metal bag tags with your name and plane that said "Fly Delta Jets" got a cease and desist from Legal, as did the college age dependents of active employees that made a Travelnet app where you could list with 1-2 taps on the smartphone as well as a "what are my chances" function years before we got it on legacy travelnet....IIRC the app was free so they made zero money....DL shut it down!
02-20-2026 | 05:09 AM
#52
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 3,987
Likes: 188
From: Looking left
Let me also add that I'm not meaning to come across as coming off the top rope on anyone. If anyone feels like I have, I apologize. I just have to give credit where it's due to Curly. He has a great product, which goes way way beyond what you can find elsewhere, and which he is continually improving. It takes a not-small amount of work. And his small fee probably barely covers his real costs of hosting the website. He's not getting rich off it (not that I'd fault him if he were). He gives a lot of groups free access, like NH's, Mil leave, disability, etc, which I have to respect.
But....Curly has 3 subscriptions....let's use the middle one (12 months for $24) so $2 per month.
If only 10% of the 17K pilots on the list subscript, that approx $3500 a month.
10% is probably way low....25% would generate $8.5K a month......33% would generate little over $11K per month.
I just can't imagine that a website that is basically displaying Excel Sheets and some graphs/ pie charts is costing anywhere close to 5 digits per month, so I assume Curly is making just a bit more than beer money.
02-20-2026 | 05:13 AM
#53
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 3,987
Likes: 188
From: Looking left
02-20-2026 | 08:16 AM
#54
Has a furrowed brow
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,424
Likes: 212
02-20-2026 | 08:48 AM
#55
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jan 2023
Posts: 3,401
Likes: 834
So why do they get to continue yet a dude making plane tags did not?
02-20-2026 | 09:01 AM
#56
Moderator
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 8,225
Likes: 1,194
Yeah, and we have at least a dozen "influencers" out there posing in their Delta uniforms and showing pics of Delta jets in their musings. They are getting clicks, likes and subscribes and they are getting money from that...
So why do they get to continue yet a dude making plane tags did not?
So why do they get to continue yet a dude making plane tags did not?
02-20-2026 | 09:02 AM
#57
On Reserve
Joined: Jan 2020
Posts: 187
Likes: 14
From: 767
I've never hosted a website, so I don't know how much it costs.....could be $20/month.....could be $20K.....I have no idea.
But....Curly has 3 subscriptions....let's use the middle one (12 months for $24) so $2 per month.
If only 10% of the 17K pilots on the list subscript, that approx $3500 a month.
10% is probably way low....25% would generate $8.5K a month......33% would generate little over $11K per month.
I just can't imagine that a website that is basically displaying Excel Sheets and some graphs/ pie charts is costing anywhere close to 5 digits per month, so I assume Curly is making just a bit more than beer money.
But....Curly has 3 subscriptions....let's use the middle one (12 months for $24) so $2 per month.
If only 10% of the 17K pilots on the list subscript, that approx $3500 a month.
10% is probably way low....25% would generate $8.5K a month......33% would generate little over $11K per month.
I just can't imagine that a website that is basically displaying Excel Sheets and some graphs/ pie charts is costing anywhere close to 5 digits per month, so I assume Curly is making just a bit more than beer money.
02-20-2026 | 09:04 AM
#58
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jan 2023
Posts: 3,401
Likes: 834
I want to see the receipts. Come on Curly, show us the receipts. How much do you make off your product? If the balance sheet is a push, then I'll shut my mouth and never speak about it again.
02-20-2026 | 09:11 AM
#59
Thread Starter
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 12,480
Likes: 1,054
He provides a service name find very useful. If you don't like it, don't pay for it
02-20-2026 | 09:16 AM
#60
Roll’n Thunder
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,123
Likes: 543
From: Pilot
When you buy a house from a Delta pilot or use one to to refinance your house or use one with a side hustle you contract with, do you expect them to do it pro bono or take a loss or provide a substantial discount?
He provides a service name find very useful. If you don't like it, don't pay for it
He provides a service name find very useful. If you don't like it, don't pay for it
And I say this as a paid subscriber to his website.
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