DayJet may be done if Eclipse gets the rug pulled out from under the Aircraft certification they have.

This just in from AVweb reports:


The FAA test pilots who flew the Eclipse E500 jet prior to certification recommended that it was not ready to be awarded a type certificate and raised concerns over allowing single-pilot operations, but managers overruled them and went ahead and certified it, according to testimony on Wednesday before a Congressional committee.
The House Aviation Subcommittee first heard a report from Calvin Scovel, the inspector general for the Transportation Department, who told the Congressmen that FAA employees were given "marching orders" by management and that a target date was set for the jet's certification. "It was a calendar-driven process... with a predetermined outcome," he said. He added that FAA Administrator Robert Sturgell recently told him that the FAA will review the production certificate that was awarded to Eclipse. When asked by U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes, of North Carolina, if the Eclipse jet is a safe airplane to fly, Scovel responded that, "My office has no evidence that it is unsafe." Scovel later said that given the information that was available to the FAA on September 30, 2006, when it awarded the type certificate, "a reasonable decision would have been to defer the granting of the type certificate."
The committee heard from a panel of current and former FAA staffers who described a pattern of pressure from FAA management to meet the timeline for Eclipse certification and told not to look more than "an inch deep" in their scrutiny of the airplane. Officials from the FAA defended their practices and denied many of the staffers' allegations.

 

As of today, dayjet is ceasing all operations. Does anyone closer to the situation have more insight on this?

 

Further proof that God takes care of idiots like me.

The press release from the website today:

DayJet Discontinues Passenger Operations
As of September 19, 2008, DayJet Services, LLC, has discontinued its jet services and cancelled all future flights as a result of the company’s inability to arrange critical financing in the midst of the current global financial crisis.

We regret the disruption and hardship caused by the sudden shutdown of DayJet services to our customers, employees, DayPort communities, suppliers and stockholders. Unfortunately, DayJet is unable to honor customer reservations or issue refunds.

© DayJet Corporation 2008. All rights reserved.

Sounds like a Chapter 7 or 11 BK will be happening soon....

 

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