I never saw the plane. They brought in a huge ass crane and lifted it out. Do you have any pics?
Yes My friend was in very good standing with the government. He did just about anything he wanted, He had someone die on the island and within days the body was headed back to the states. If you know what it takes to get a corpse off the island you will understand. Me? Just bury me there.
It would be tough to get a house bought if they won't let you have a visa lol
Try working with Saudi Arabian Airlines in the 90's
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I ran the project to get it back in service. I arrived right after it was raised out of the sound, worked with Boeing and other vendors to get it flying again. Lots of cuts and bruises..the worst was a busted ankle. It was surreal walking through and watching the cleaning up of all the passenger possessions. Took about a year to get back into the air. Lots of stories. Spent $17M to save a $19M airplane.
Was VP Eng/Maint. in title for a few months, then left as my visa was not renewed...I pissed off too many Caymanians who had family in government.
Living in Cayman for a year was very interesting....Cayman Airlines was a very poorly run airline. Government had no business owning and running a 5 aircraft fleet. Millions and millions and millions wasted being an employment agency for locals. Classic illustration of why gov should not own a commercial entity. Every time I tried to cut personnel fat or rearrange departments, the affected locals would run to the immigration board stating i was persecuting them.
BTW, almost bought a house on the water over by Rum Point. Very peaceful.
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