Richard Yeomans

Monday was the first day of proper marketing of the site.  I called every GA aircraft operator who I could think of.  The response was overwhelmingly positive and 99% of the people I spoke to loved the idea.  There were a couple of cynics and I ended up gossiping with Phil Brockwell from Centreline for ages about the state of the industry.  

Best email of the day,  "Dear Richard,  Thank you for your call this morning – well done for taking a positive approach to the challenges aviation is facing at the moment."

So, what have I learnt today?  I now have a very good feeling to what aircraft operators are thinking and what there plans are.  Most operators are being pretty defensive and not planning any wild expansion. There are some operators who are thinking about when to make their move and you can be rest assured that we at Flight Crew Finder will be there waiting to help them find the best possible crews.

The future is so much brighter than just 4 months ago, there is a feeling that we are at the beginning of the end of the recession.  Will it be boom times like 2007 again?  Not for many years to come if ever.

Tomorrow I start to speak to the airlines.  I am thinking they may be a little harder nut to crack than ringing up some old mates.  I will have to deploy all my skills to charm just to get put through to the head of aircrew recruiting.  Wish me luck.