Proof in the process.

Date: May 2nd, 2008
Author: Dale Moss

I recently had a marvelous dinner at a new restaurant. The experience was phenomenal—the food, wine, décor, everything. I was thinking about all the effort and energy that went into making my ninety-minute event such a success. I could tell, from the very beginning of the experience, that everybody in the restaurant put their heart into it.

Kind of like what we are doing here. Every OpenSkies team member is demonstrating extraordinary commitment and spirit to get our airline off the ground, particularly when it comes to fulfilling regulatory requirements. We’re currently conducting training flights to ensure that our pilots and operating procedures meet the highest standards. In fact take a look at this photo, courtesy of a local planespotter, the first of our plane flying!

We also have our proving flights, which is just one of the steps—an important one!—in obtaining approval to fly and satisfying all of the European Aviation Safety Authority requirements. A Flight Operations Inspector from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) observes the proving flight to verify that we’re following the procedures laid out in the operations manuals we submitted. If you just look at the mountain of manuals our guys produced you would stand back and say “holy cow!”

It may be a lot of preparation, but this is serious stuff and we cannot run before we walk, so it’s a step at a time to ensure your 6+ hour event with us is a success.

Dale

PS: Once everything’s approved and ready to go, I’ll be able to answers questions like Stephen’s about when our first official flight takes off and Jake’s about when flights can be booked.