New SSC Teammate Commentary – Philip Coleman, Aircraft Mechanic

Hangar Talk – For Your “Trans-ponder-ance!”

When I began my employment here at Special Services Corporation, I was not completely sure what I was getting into!  Sure, there had been multiple opportunities in a dynamic and challenging environment like SATSair, but after spending the past three years and 9 months at Donaldson Center as a [...]

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We Should Be YOUR Flight Department!

The SSC aircraft management organization offers a personal approach with an emphasis on Safety throughout our operations with intense attention to detail and client needs.

Operational safety has been our byword since our inception – SSC is Wyvern Wingman Approved, ARG/US Gold rated, and has also received a 50 Year Safety Award from the National [...]

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SSC Keeps KingAir in the Air for Yukon River Acquisitions

Matt Mundry of Yukon River Acquisitions depends on SSC to keep the company’s King Air B200 flying.

Like most in the aviation industry, Mundry has owners and clients who expect to get in the King Air and get where they need to go.  They don’t want to hear about things like tires and de-ice boots [...]

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From the Director of Maintenance – Standard Practices

Special Services (SSC) sets forth guidelines and practices for performing aircraft maintenance in SSC Standard Operating Policies and Guidelines Section B, Chapter XXII. The chapter gives general guidance from airworthiness determination, personnel qualifications & training, work environment, tooling, safety and more.

SSC guidelines are designed to complement and support the aircraft, parts, engine, and component [...]

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From the Director – Trust but Verify

Trust, but verify was a signature phrase adopted and made famous by the late president Ronald Reagan. President Reagan frequently used it when discussing U.S. relations with the Soviet Union. Reagan rightly presented it as a translation of the Russian proverb “doveryai, no proveryai”.

The phrase was learned by President Reagan from Suzanne Massie, a [...]

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Communication – Vital to Aviation Cost

From the Director of Maintenance

We all read Brad’s newsletter article in the last issue of Perspective about how proper communication is vital to aviation safety. In the article Brad discussed how improper communication between crew, crew to air traffic controllers, or crew to maintenance could cause an unsafe outcome.

Brad hit on how proper [...]

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What’s In A Name?

Special Services Corporation (SSC)business market is aviation services. SSC is an assembled team of individuals that are responsible to perform the extensive and complex transactions required in the aviation industry.

Possibly one of the the most often asked questions today may be, “How is business?” The context of the question is one of the state of economics [...]

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Slow Down Before You Start Moving

By Jarod Spencer

Aircraft go fast. Customers use these wonders of technology to get where they want to go more quickly than they otherwise could. Because of the pressures to meet schedules, flight crews can get in a rush. While efficiency is a hallmark of a well trained crew, speed for speeds sake is neither [...]

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Special Services Corporation (SSC) Offers Information and Assistance to Business Travelers, Flight Departments.

Greenville, SC

SSC recognizes that many businesspeople, especially in the Southeastern United States, have been working a lot more hours and harder than they need to.  SSC has launched a campaign to make their jobs easier and their work more effective.

Business executives, sales representatives, and service personnel have been spending hours (or days, [...]

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Sky High!

Utilizing a business aircraft can be one of the most efficient time management solutions an executive can use. Being able to create and manipulate a schedule, as needed, provides the flexibility businesses need.

Unfortunately, a vital component of the operation of business aircraft is becoming more expensive again. Aviation fuel is on the rise, [...]

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