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Ms. Betsy Dwyer started here aviation career in 1983 working with the specialized unit that transports the President and the Vice President of the United States as a flight attendant until her departure in 1990. She was hired by Wayfarer Aviation in White Plains and assigned to the CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank for 6 years. After leaving Wayfarer she became the Catering Director for Christopher Martins in New Haven CT for 2 years, than was hired by Cesar Pelli to do Private Chef Work for their office also in CT. Betsy wanted to return to flying and was hired by Jet Aviation Business Jets as the Director of Cabin Services for the Private Charter operations from 1997 to 2004 when the company decided to downsize their fleet. For the last four years she has been working for the CEO of General Maritime Corporation onboard a Falcon 2000EX plane based in Oxford CT. Betsy’s continued education has given her a BA in Journalism (Southern Connecticut State University) as well a BA in Business (University of New Ha

Company XYZ Tanked!

Betsy Dwyer - Saturday, March 07, 2009

I have a Migraine. I have not had one since i was 9 years old. I deposited my paycheck and vacation pay, total over 10,000.00. I wrote checks, i planned a vacation. i paid my credit cards off in advance. it as my final check from company XYZ. It is my layoff tribute check. Before unemployment kicks in. My mortgage, my car insurance, my hope of respite, my swan song check. bounced. I have no recourse or back up, all will  bounce. I do not borrow, and no one has any money anyway. You do not know where i work, but it is a sign of the times, go do something else. Get trained, flying is dried up! Camelot is over. My son asked me if we were broke, I SAID NO. NOT YET.

I CAN REPORT THEM TO THE LABOR DEPT AFTER 7 DAYS. Done. the pain and agony that they have caused me is insurmountable. But. i should have gotten out when the going was good. last year. The expenses are a joke. One pilot is owed 70.000.00. That is 1/4 of a house. They are not paying him. My question is this? can you afford to work for a company that you have to bankroll?


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Anonymous commented on 09-Mar-2009 09:19 PM
Sorry to hear about your "pink slip". I am a contract FA, and haven't had a flight in 2 months! We moved for my husband's job, he is a corporate Pilot (we fly on same plane), now we have 2 houses to pay for and no income from my side anymore, ouch!! I keep hearing it is going to get better for us FA's but when??
Anonymous commented on 10-Mar-2009 11:10 AM
I haven't flown since Apr 08...........since my husband was working and bringing home a paycheck I continued to look for work on a PT basis....nothing. So last week I decided to sign up (online) for unemployment since I have contributed into it since 1987. Within 36 hrs a letter was in my mail...denied! I didn't have 680hrs in the last year (12 months)and was ineligible. My advice; if u haven't worked in a week - APPLY NOW or u will loose your opportunity to get what you've put in all these years
Anonymous commented on 09-Jun-2009 12:24 AM
Flying is over. The good days, when wealthy people were flying on their corporate jets is gone. It is too bad you can't do something you are so passionate about anymore.....so much for my Bachelor's degree......time to become a nurse!! I feel your frustration. Not to mention how difficult it is finding another non-aviation related job after you've been flying for years, people ask me during interviews if I'm in the right place!! great blog!

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