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Flight School Closes Owner Not Found

In April 2005, James Francis Foley followed a dream to run his own flight school by leasing four airplanes, hiring four instructors and setting up Yellowstone Valley Aviation at Billings Logan International Airport.

During the past three weeks, Foley has shut down the school and apparently left town.

On Feb. 8, Foley failed to appear in Justice Court in Billings for a trial on charges of driving without a license and driving while under the influence.

http://www.billingsgazette.net/artic...007/02/16/news/local/30-flight.txt
:eek:

He should have listened to the owner of my flight school.

Do you know how to make a small fortune running a flight school? Start with a large fortune.

Or something like that...

The flight school I used to work for was visited by the cops a few weeks back who took an airplane, a bunch of tools and spare parts and I think some computers because the owner lost a lawsuit. The CFIs scrambled to get their personal belongings out of the place before the cops got that too. One of the items taken was their fuel truck. The employees were told to refuel using their own credit cards because no one at the field will give them credit now. Then I heard from my wife in the insurance field that the school is losing its insurance because of lack of payment. I feel bad for the instructors whose paychecks are bouncing. How much liability to the managers have in all this? The chief pilot *HAD* to have known what was coming....

Most flight school owners are big time crooks.