Link/Source: https://airlinegeeks.com/2018/02/23/gul ... ver-story/
"While the airline was able to hold its own in the market, their flight training caused concern from various companies and politicians. The Gulfstream Flight Academy had been found to be falsifying training hours and experiences of flight crews, which would result in multiple monetary penalties from the FAA. The severity of these fines would only be compounded when it was discovered that the lack of flight training from Gulfstream would play a role in the crashes of Pinnacle Airlines 3701, Comair 5191, and Colgan Air 3407."
"After being fined for playing a role in the Colgan Air crash, Gulfstream had decided to shut down the flight school, citing lack of demand as the reason for closure."
"After being fined for playing a role in the Colgan Air crash, Gulfstream had decided to shut down the flight school, citing lack of demand as the reason for closure. However, the airline was already in dire straights from the economic recession and the fines from the FAA were not helping their bottom line. The carrier finally pulled the plug on Nov. 4, 2010."
"Despite the expansion, questions still swirl about the carrier’s financial state. The airline has missed multiple hangar payments with the worst offender being Gainesville, who saw Silver miss multiple payments and then suspend service to the city. Silver has also not seen positive feedback from EAS cities either, with cities like Johnstown telling the Department of Transportation to remove Silver Airways from their town in favor of a different airline."
Interesting read.
Is 3M still providing EAS to alot of the smaller communities, and has their on-time performence improved any?
I have seen quite a few times that their flights from MCO are late in both directions.
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Re: Gulfstream Airlines’ Silver Lining: The Gulfstream – Silver Story
They did pull their entire operations out of IAD, which correct me if I'm wrong were mostly EAS routes. I know they did struggle a couple years ago with keeping the Saabs flying. Don't know the full detail but it was something like they were sending or needing maintenance on too many of their birds at once. I always loved Gulfstream, especially when they still had their Embraer 120. My opinion I feel had they not changed into Silver I don't think they would have stuck around. I am curious to see how the airline pans out when they do receive their ATR fleet. The first one has already been registered.
Re: Gulfstream Airlines’ Silver Lining: The Gulfstream – Silver Story
AirbusMDCFAN wrote:Link/Source: https://airlinegeeks.com/2018/02/23/gul ... ver-story/
Interesting read.
Is 3M still providing EAS to alot of the smaller communities, and has their on-time performence improved any?
I have seen quite a few times that their flights from MCO are late in both directions.
Don't confuse Gulfstream with Silver. Gulfstream was sold in 2011; management is entirely different. Silver does not currently have any subsidized EAS contracts.
Gulfstream management continued with Sun Air Express (formerly Gulfstream Air Charter), which also has been sold.
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