friend

Jsx is a better go there

JohnBurke

Rumor-mongoring, then?

The chief pilot has a "charge" on his record? As in he was charged with a crime, but never convicted? Arrested? This is only a rumor of a charge without a conviction? You say this why?

Do, or do not. Rumor of a maybe of a thing that might have part-way happened sometime once in a way you can't say is nearly as useful and reliable as heard it from a friend of a friend, and close to slander if you're slapping around career-damaging rumors without backing them up.

Do you understand the concept of innocence until guilt is proven or established? If not, then seek education. If you do, then don't be lukewarm. Either the chief pilot is guilty and you know it, or he's not. Attacking his character may not be the most professional way to assess your former employer, especially based on rumor of a an ambiguous maybe.

FlightLife2020

only applies in court not society 🤷🏻‍♂️ also a simple google search will give you the answer to the situation.

PilotSJ

Anyone interview recently with boutique? If so how was the process. Also, is the company truly as bad as this forum makes it seem?

ShoutVFR

Currently fly with a CA who worked for them for 2 years prior to this place. He said the planes were rough shape, clientele was… less than stellar, and the work rules sent him spiraling in a major depressive episode.

But YMMV 🤷‍♂️

JohnBurke

Absolute bull****. You made the statement, and can't defend it. Don't be such a coward, and you are a coward.

You asserted that the chief pilot has "charges," about something "you can't discuss." That's cowardice. Either discuss it, or keep your mouth shut, and fingers off your keyboard. You make an accusation not about something an individual has been convicted of doing, but something he has been "charged" with, and then refuse to elaborate. Throw it up in the air and see what sticks? Pure cowardice. Very unprofessional. If you have something to say, then SAY it; cryptic hints supported by "I can't discuss it" are nothing more than bull****.

The burden of proof is on YOU, and this stupidity about "that only applies in court," is also bull****. You put it out there. Back it up, or shut up. You want to crucify someone in public? Show us your nails.

AirBear

FAA is saying Boutique PC-12 SIC's can't count their SIC time because Boutique doesn't have a "Pilot Development Program (PDP)".
Anyone thinking about working for Boutique needs to read all of the article I'll link. It's really, really, bad. Lots of info on issues other than not having the PDP.

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...ource=hs_email

FlightLife2020

The article clearly states Boutique has a PDP as of March 2022. SIC time is now legal. Any time built prior to March 2022 is not valid. All time from March on is 100% valid. All Captains were given the training prior to it being started and SICs received the training as well.

The article is a poorly written hit piece that even though I may not be a fan of Boutique they don’t deserve. There very well could be an investigation into stuff, but the PDP is 100% legal.

FlightLife2020

Here is one where his certs were revoked for pretending to be a CFI.

https://www.ntsb.gov/legal/alj/OnODo...ation/5785.pdf

JohnBurke

This is the "charge on his record," that "no one wants to be around," something to heinous and terrible that you didn't dare discuss it: he had his ATP and CFI revoked for his part, as President of Encore Flight Academy, in Van Nuys, California. That's not a charge. that's an emergency revocation which was affirmed in two subsequent appeals. This the heinous charge on his record that cannot be discussed?

You're referring to which defendant here? The President of Encore, or the person he passed off as a flight instructor, who wasn't?

The individual who had his certificates suspended in 2015, and reaffirmed in 2016, and who was president of a flight school, has since gone on to become the chief pilot of Boutique Air, even having lost his certificates in emergency enforcement action?

His Linkedin profile cites himself as a Skywest pilot from 2012 until now, and also President of Encore Flight Academy, from 2008 until now. He also claims to have a Bachelor of Science in "Prophetical Aeronautics," from ERAU (2008). Is this the individual whom you're indicting here, and is this the "charge" for which "no one wants to be around" him?

What is it that you're not saying, or won't say?

If instead, you're talking about the second subject of the revocation order, the revocation was for a commercial pilot certificate: the individual "flew with" a student pilot who had a contract with Encore Flight Academy, and the first individual (Presdient) participated in falsification of logbook signatures to cover the second pilot...a convoluted transcript that the judge said could only be described as a lie.

That individual also has a Linkedin profile in which he cites himself as a captain with Boutique from 2019 until present; his job description says nothing about being chief pilot, but he titles himself on his page as "Captain/Recruiter/Chief Pilot." Are you saying that this individual with a revoked commercial pilot certificate, is now serving as Chief Pilot at Boutique. What is the unmentionable crime for which he is "charged?" Are you referring to certificate action, or is there something else? He wasn't "charged." He was issued an emergency revocation order, which he appealed twice and lost. What else are you not coughing up?