Mon, Dec 16, 2013
Poor Ratings, Accusations Of 'Fakery' Threaten The Series
One of the airplane repo men featured on the much-maligned (and deservedly so... -- ANN E-I-C) Discovery Channel series "Airplane Repo" is fighting for a second season for the show, which has had less-than-spectacular ratings and which some think is at least partially faked.
Ken Cage is the former banker-turned-repo man who is leading the charge to save the series, which so far has run for one season on the Discovery Channel. The series follows the exploits of Cage and three other airplane repossession specialists with different niches and styles to get their jobs done.
Cage told Corporate Jet Investor that the accusations that some of the events on the show are faked are completely unfounded. He said that it is true that there are some accommodations made for television. "We film things how they happen, but obviously people don't want their faces shown," he said, adding that everything can't be shown live. "It's not legal, for a start, so certain things have to be shot again."
He said that, for instance, the production crew can fit an airplane with the GoPro cameras used for the exterior flying shots in about 45-60 seconds, and it's done while the repo men are making sure the airplane is airworthy.
Discovery is still in the process of making a decision about whether to renew the series for a second season. On his Twitter account, Cage has been encouraging fans of the show to email Discovery and let them know that they would like to see it continue.
ANN E-I-C Note: On second thought, don't bother... the show makes much of the aviation world look foolish, risky, disrepectful to the legitimate legal issues involved and just plain stupid. The samples of this programming we've watched has been an embarassment to the aviation community.
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