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Old 22nd February 2012 | 07:51
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Savoia
 
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Side Comment:

As a (related) side comment and following SAS's 'word to the wise' this episode with AJ highlights one of the potential and unique 'pressures' of corporate flying.

Corporate drivers (for the most part) get ribbed for what many perceive as earning an 'easy buck' and in some cases this is indeed so. Everything has its place though and I've always believed that corporate assignments are ideal as a pre-retirement placement in which the client benefits from the driver's experience and the driver gets to enjoy what is usually a less stressful job.

There are however, as mentioned above, some unique pressures which apply to corporate flying and 'persuasion from above' is a bigger challenge than many at first recognise. It echoes what was said earlier about knowing when and being able to .. say no.

In the corporate plank world there was an epic accident in 2001 which strikingly highlighted this challenge.

N303GA was an Avjet-owned GIII which ploughed into the ground just short of the theashold at Aspen in Colorado killing all aboard. 'Pressure' from the client is considered by many to have been a dominant contributing factor to the crash.

For those with the time, a copy of the Accident Report may be found here and makes, as these things always do, for depressing reading.
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