126 Charter Pilot in a Piper Meridian – Interview Rob Lober
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4.8 • 730 Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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126 Max talks with Rob Lober of Air Tahoe about what it’s like to fly charter, and what it takes to start a charter operation. He talks about the process to get a Part 135 certificate, and about the rules for pilots, including drug testing, and maintenance of the aircraft. He also talks about the economics of the business, including how he finds customers and why he doesn’t own the plane.
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| 0:00.0 | About two years ago, I started flying for a little startup 135 operation here in the Tahoe area, |
| 0:10.0 | which I really enjoyed. |
| 0:11.8 | And I love flying the planes they had, but I wanted to incorporate a plane that I thought would work better. |
| 0:17.7 | And what really makes me grin about all this is that it's, |
| 0:21.5 | it's my baby. I own it. And that's really nice. I'm a one-man show on, you know, I do all the |
| 0:29.2 | accounting, all the marketing on chief bottle washer as well. So it's a lot of work, but it's also |
| 0:35.1 | a lot of fun. And there's a lot of flexibility that comes in it when you're your own boss. |
| 0:46.3 | You just heard charter pilot Rob Lober talking. |
| 0:49.3 | And in a moment, he'll tell us what it's like to start your own charter business |
| 0:52.6 | and get paid to fly a nice turboprop around the Western United States. Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk, |
| 0:58.5 | a weekly show with relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. |
| 1:03.7 | I'm Max Dr. Scott. And of course, long-time listeners know if you're ever thinking about buying a Cirrus |
| 1:08.8 | SR 20, SR 20, SR2, or even an SF50 vision jet, |
| 1:13.0 | or maybe you'd like flight training in any one of those, I am more than happy to help you, |
| 1:17.2 | and if I can't help you, I'll point you in the right direction. I talk with multiple listeners |
| 1:21.2 | every week who call them for advice, and we talk about some of the tradeoffs of buying new |
| 1:25.1 | versus used aircraft, as well as other tips to help them along in the purchase process. So if you were thinking you might be in that |
| 1:31.8 | situation someday, give me a call today, 650967, 2,500 for free consultation and possibly a free |
| 1:38.4 | demo flight. Now, last week in episode 125, we talked about deadly propeller accidents. So if you |
| 1:44.1 | missed that episode, you may want to checkller accidents. So if you missed that episode, |
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