Fri, Sep 23, 2011
New Program Connects VLJ Owners And Pilots With Commercial
Revenue Opportunities
Jet-taxi service Linear Air has rolled out
'Linear Connect', a program designed to connect Eclipse VLJ owners
and pilots with revenue from commercial operations through its
FAA-approved charter certificate and pilot training programs.
Linear Connect aircraft are promoted via Linear Air's
market-leading web quoting system, QuickQuote, and partners receive
the highest quality maintenance and training support available
anywhere.
Linear Connect partners are not charged fixed aircraft
management fees. Instead, Linear Air charges a simple percentage
fee based on charter revenue generated. Linear Connect protects
partners from being accidentally accused of operating without
commercial authorization and from the pitfalls of so-called dry
leasing arrangements under which the lessor and lessee share
aircraft use and operational control.
Linear Connect offers airline pilots a terrific second career
opportunity, and with the first class of airline pilots retiring at
age 65 in 2012 after the mandatory retirement age was raised from
age 60 in 2007, an increasingly large number of highly qualified
pilots will be seeking just such an opportunity.
With Eclipse Aerospace and Sikorksy Aircraft poised to resume
production of the Eclipse 500 very light jet, the comapny says
Linear Connect is the right program at the right time for Eclipse
owners as well.
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"With Sikorsky bringing Eclipse back and the charter pilot
population set to increase significantly, now is the time for
Eclipse owners to start realizing a return from their jets," stated
William Herp, Linear Air’s President and CEO. “Linear
Connect eliminates the risk by bringing our unparalleled expertise
to our partners, simplifying the complex regulatory environment of
commercial operation and protecting our partner owners and
pilots."
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