When it rains, it pours!

In ours business, winter time is usually a bit slower than the summer, and this year is no different, but it never ceases to amaze me how we'll be wondering how are we going to pay the rent for next month, and then the miracle happens.

Our business is kind of like the old milk stool, The flight school, the shop, and the scenic flights all have their share of the total business. If one of the legs is a bit low, the other two help to share the load. This winter has been weird, because both the flight school side and the scenic flight side are low, which is normal, but usually the shop is busiest during the bad weather of winter. That's the weird part, the shop has sat empty all winter. But, then comes the miracle! I get a call totally unexpected from someone in Virginia asking if we can do an annual on his Archer II that he just purchased. I asked him where the plane was currently located, and he said that it is in a small town north of Seattle called Arlington. Oh, good, because that's where I am. We pulled the plane down to my hangar this morning. The battery was dead...

Then, another customer of the flight school asked if we can do an annual on his Cessna 172? When do you need it? Well it turns into a pumpkin the end of January. OK - we'll get it going next week after the Archer - hmmm things are picking up a bit.

No sooner did I hang up the phone with him, and a third customer calls and needs his 172 done this month too! Wow! Who says you don't get what you wish for. Thanks!

Lift is going to be OK, and the rent gets paid again.