Crew Evaluation

You have, or are about to purchase a corporate aircraft. What aspect of most aircraft operations are the least understood and most poorly managed? In which area are you the least knowledgeable and in which you shall receive the least insight?

It’s…..The pilots and the flight crew!

You need to hire a pilot. Where do you go and what do you do? What qualifications are key? Which experiences are non-negotiable? What do you look for?

Let’s start with: do they have a pilot’s license? May the F.A.A. be of assistance to you? The FA.A. will verify the status of the pilot’s license. However, are you aware that the FAA routinely passes pilots based upon minimum standards? So, how do you know how competent your flight crew is? 

Might insurance companies provide insight into the pilot you are considering hiring? Even insurance companies whose mission is to assess, evaluate and apportion risk do not have a proven methodology to assess the qualifications of your prospective pilot. Insurance carriers will study statistical bases and apply underwriting loge rhythms. Do you want to be a statistic?

Does your prospective pilot have actual experience flying your high performance aircraft? What was that experience? Under whose guidance did they fly? For whom did they fly? In what areas of the country did your pilot fly? Under what conditions? Getting the right answers to these and related questions are essential to your safety, for your life.

The goal of most private aviation pilots is to book the experience and years required to become eligible to apply to fly in Fortune 500 flight departments. Are you going to provide the experience they need … And hope they do not make a mistake while receiving you’re paid on the job training?

Business aviation is replete with examples of poor pilot performance. Recently a high end corporate jet intended to fly into Aspen Colorado late at night. When the pilot checked with the tower from Denver approach control, the tower said to the captain: “Challenger NNNN Aspen tower, wind out of 320, gusting to 30, cleared to land runway 15.” The pilot did not question that message. Rather, he incorrectly accepted that message as clearance to land in Aspen. Four minutes later the pilot crashed. An experienced professional pilot would have known what the tower just told him. They would have refused the clearance and immediately proceeded to Eagle or Denver for the night.

In our decades at the highest levels of professional aviation we know that the lion’s share of pilots perform in a professional manner. You need and want the very best pilot professionals to be a key part of your team. We will help you get the best to want to be part of your team.

The key issue with crew evaluation is, obviously, one of safety. However, also appreciate that your flight crew is the major contributor to the operational costs of your aircraft. There are flight crews whose performance increases the aircraft’s operational cost two to four times what it should be. How do you know how competently and safely your pilot is managing your corporate aircraft? We will tell you! We will share with you our in house pilot operational performance levels. You will know through Executive Airpower’s unique Crew Evaluation program.

We compare your aircraft operations to those in our program. We evaluate your specific operations to similar operations in our program. We will compare every aspect of your crews operations monthly and advise you how they compare within our program and within the industry. Why does your crew get 50 landings and take offs between tire and brake changes while other flight crews achieve 400…or more? How is your operation’s fuel burn? TBO’s performance? MPI’s? Our analyses achieve millions in operational savings.

EAP will compare operators to similar operators. What score will your flight crew achieve?

These are some of the statistical evaluations which inform and improve the operations of  major airlines daily. This is what we shall do for you.