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Old 14th Feb 2009, 21:24
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Then Bohlke in STX
Speaking of a guy who did well down there. Never met him but those I know spoke well of him.
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Old 14th Feb 2009, 22:37
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Speaking of a guy who did well down there. Never met him but those I know spoke well of him.
Yeah he is still there. Retired from AA as a B-777 Captain 2 years ago, now he is running the FBO/Charter operation out of STX. Good guy, stop by and say hello.
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Old 12th Dec 2009, 19:18
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Hat of to the B-18 pilots, especially after finding out the fire bottles was wired shut, Paul did not want us to fire them bottles, too expensive to recharge you know.
I do not know what you are talking about when you said that I did not want anybody to fire a extinguisher in any of my BE-18s. I never had a fire extinguisher in any of my Be-18s so how could I have had them wired off. I guess that shows what kind of pilot you were.
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Old 13th Dec 2009, 18:22
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Hi Paul, small world.

Heard one of the B-18 pilots said something about the firebottles, the guy is dead now so I won't mention names.

If you never had bottles in the -18s, then it was obviously bad information.

How are you anyway, lont time, no see.
Have not seen you or the planes in STT for many years so I guess you retired?

Still on the Island?

I started flying big planes in 1988 overseas so I have only been back to STT for the occasional vacation.

Hope all is well with you and the family.
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Old 30th Dec 2009, 21:52
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Everything has been going well. Retired about 4 years ago and am still in St. Thomas. We have a house in Florida that we spend about half of the year. It is in Sebastian not far from Vero Beach. Yes, the information about the fire bottles is incorrect. I never had any in the BE-18's. Be rest assured, that is if I had any they would have been working well. I may have been a little on the wild side but never took any chances with my employees or equipment. Looking back over the 35 years that I operated the airline, we still had a excellent safety record. We are very proud of that. I do not think that I could have been able to live with myself if I did not done that. Well, anyways, Hope to see you one of these days. Are you still flying?
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Old 2nd Jan 2010, 15:32
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4 Star still running?

Heard in the rumour mill that 4 Star are not operating at the moment - what news?
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Old 6th Jan 2010, 21:08
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I hope they donīt open again. The CEO, owes a lot of money to people in Puerto Rico.

I dont know how somebody that takes an airline to bankrupcy in few years can be a teacher in the The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He used to pay his employees half of the paycheck and the othe half after a week. He never paid the plane loaders overtime. He didnt seem to care when he was staying at the Ritz Carlton in Puerto Rico and renting a Chrysler 300 M for 100 usd a day.
He employs people as independant contractors and when he decides that he doesnt need you you cant claim unemployment benefits.

I still remember when he hired me he said: welcome to the best airline in the Caribbean! hahaha

He is a lier not a lawyer. When I worked there we didnt know if was a money laudring company or he was that stupid!

But if it ever opens again, STAY AWAY!
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Old 11th Jan 2010, 23:59
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Any more word on if Four Star are operating. Last I knew was only one 3 flying (N131FS) and (N135FS) being worked on
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Old 9th Mar 2010, 20:11
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According to the St Thomas Source, http://tinyurl.com/ykubj99 , Four Star lost its mail contract in November 2009 after an FAA action.
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