Corporate Aviation

            The main differences between careers available to me at a corporate company vs. an airline company from a flight students perspective is, at an airline it is more straight forward, you are a number from the get-go with all your eggs in one basket, which is fine.  From a corporate perspective, I’d say it’s more geared to “who you know”.  Things can happen in a corporate company, you meet new people which opens up new opportunities, etc.  In the airline industry, you start in the regionals and move up numbers until you can upgrade to a captain, then do the whole thing over again at an airline, pretty simple and straightforward.

            It is said that a corporate company can save a company money by owning it’s own flight department vs. paying employees airline tickets.  I do somewhat agree with this statement due to the fact that you don’t have to deal with all the problems that airlines have like bag check in, other people, and other arousing issues.  With a corporate flight department, the employees can show up just before the flight and talk business the whole flight if need be, with no worries about surrounding public.  I think it can save a corporate company money but it is more for easier traveling and less stress. 

           

            A corporate aviation department of my choice is a company called Cook Canyon Ranch.  They fly for a family that owns a few ranches out in Texas and are involved in the automotive industry and hunting reserves.  They own a king air 350, Lear 45, and Gulfstream 550.   The company doesn’t have set hiring flight numbers like other companies do, it’s more of a company that’s based upon the “who you know” aspect in the world. 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cook-Canyon-Ranch/432534196798956

Sorry, I can't find much about this company at all on the Internet, they're pretty tiny and not too popular.