I remember a few years back, not with repo, but a private owner who had not paid his bills for maintenance. The company held his aircraft in the hangar,and the private owner turned up threaten to knee cap everyone and set fire to the hangar, and then proceeded to drag his r44 with no wheels on out the hangar. Needless to say that this private owner had earned his money alledgedly on the illegal side and was not a nice person to mess around.
Another instance with another company I worked for the amount of EC120's being repo'd, is now out a count of two. That was a few years ago, one such funny one, when the high court baliff had stuck his order on the EC120 at Mcalpines in the hangar. So none of the staff could touch it or even move it.
The private owner finds out, rings this number that Mcalpines staff handed him and starts spouting off in his wide boy essex accent, how he was going to make mince meat of the bloke and he better sleep with one eye open.....
After these death threats on the phone, the high court baliff introduces himself and that the phone call is being recorded.
Money and helicopters the bain of everyone's life.
fluffy