Does anyone know what,s going on at Air Bravo, I,ve heard they have laid off a few pilots

"Temporary" layoffs were issued last week. Company has gone from 5 bases with 9 aircraft to 3 bases with 4 aircraft in less than a year. DOM quit a few months ago. CP quit before that. Ops Mgr quit before him.

New captains are to now provide a significant sum of cash up front in order to be sent down to SimCom.

Feel free to PM for more info.

New captains have to up front cash for training? Can you say BAIL OUT?
Illya

Sign me up! Only if I can give up days off and do office chores as well.

E

Sometimes it's classier to just pull the plug, than to lie there and bleed out.
Illya

Illya Kuryakin wrote:Sometimes it's classier to just pull the plug, than to lie there and bleed out.
Illya

That was beautiful...

+1

They are in really bad shape from my understanding and they have been deteriorating rapidly since the start if this year. It was expected they would not make it into 2014 but they are still hanging in there till the bitter end.

What happened? They were booming a few years ago. I thought they were on their way to taking over most of the work that thunder did.

Not even close. Thunder, from what I hear, is doing quite well on the medivac side.

As odd as it seems after a layoff, Bravo has just hired a couple new FO's. Say what you will about the company, they seem to always find a way to survive. A big problem I see is the PC-12. While it's an incredible airplane to fly, it's lifespan isn't meant for this kind of flying. With a 20000 hr life inspection, it's got a time limit on it. And at 4 mil for a new one, it's beyond a lot of smaller companies to keep upgrading aircraft. You can go pick up an MU2 or King Air for a few hundred grand.

Anyone have any recent info on this operator? Has the 3 bases, 4 aircraft changed in any way? Thanks.

It is sailing about as good as the titanic on its maiden voyage.