Trouble on Loch Ness - Miss Pick-up

blurrkup · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2020 12:18 pm

Mick G wrote:

Iclo wrote:

Mick G wrote:

I was a little shocked in the plea for funding where tgey suggest that if the money could not be raised, that she would be left for the winter in place. Any organization running an aircraft such as this really ought to have a maintence fund to deal with repairs of all types. Considering standard maintenance and operating costs, if they dont have 20K available, the whole program is basicaly on life support.

Hi,

Are you aware of the current situation, like a little pandemic having cancelled the majority of airshow and so having cut short the majority of the income of association owning and operating warbirds ?
It looks like they're indeed wealthy before the crisis to be able to fly a bit this year, where others operators never put their plane outside the hangar not even for a ground run.

I stand by what i said. You don't operate a Warbird program like this on a shoestring budget or you will find yourself in this situation sooner or later. I guess the thing that bugs me most, is not being honest about the need for money. If they did the gofund me and explained everything, it would sit better than to threaten that the aircraft sit over the winter which could compromise the airframe. There is no need for scare tactics or guilt trips with the donors, all they needed to say was that they needed cash. Enough said.

As far as I can see the explanation is on the gofundme page and has a full breakdown of what they needed the money for. Planesailing have been operating a Catalina in some form for as many years as I can remember and have been operating this particular aircraft since 2002. With the year as it has been, most if not all its normal revenue making practices have been wiped out as airshows have been cancelled.

Iclo · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:53 am

Mick G wrote:

I stand by what i said. You don't operate a Warbird program like this on a shoestring budget or you will find yourself in this situation sooner or later. I guess the thing that bugs me most, is not being honest about the need for money. If they did the gofund me and explained everything, it would sit better than to threaten that the aircraft sit over the winter which could compromise the airframe. There is no need for scare tactics or guilt trips with the donors, all they needed to say was that they needed cash. Enough said.

What are you speaking for ? Do you think there ANY warbird operator having one year operation cash in bank, beeing able to operate during a full year after having seen all their incomes cut ?
If the plane is owned by a "rich" person, he/she had to fill the gap with its own money, if the plane is operated by an organization they had to ask for a bit of help.

How many warbird operation program do you run, to be able to have this kind of criticism comments about an organization you known nothing ?