The news from LLS.

Good evening guys, great shot’s again and well noted!
I like the fact that for the first time in my career I’ve been captured doing things which I remember specifics about!
It might sound unusual but little things happen all the time during the course of ones daily routine, such as a vessel berthing or releasing from a quay which needs special attention and or consideration, so to see these shots months later is fascinating.
With the landing shot, which you mentioned as being “sneaky”, was in fact, but only if you consider this type of flying to be rigid and controlled much like the rest of aviation normally is. 😉
Float flying is all about discovering what choices you have and experience tells you whether you can make them work given the conditions.. any way I’d like to tell you all a little more about our future plans ok!:)
We only have a couple more days of operations to Oban left. This month has given us more cancelations due to weather than the last five put together hence our absence from the Clyde.:o
In these last few days we are going to be doing tours out of Loch Lomond and exploratory flights before we wind it up for the winter. Our main agenda for next year is to develop the services to Oban, Tobermory and Skye. We are also looking at building a facility in Glasgow to resemble a float base and check-in facility you will all be proud of! Hopefully.. 😀
Yes Tartan Pics, we do plan our work and provide a time table to our passengers!
The term we use is “regular services” and they are regular, meaning we plan them to a schedule and fly them to a schedule providing we can operate within the given weather conditions. This is might seem a little odd to those seeing seaplane services for the first time but really we’re just working with the conditions we get and within our comfort zone all the time.
I’ve had only a couple of days flying in the past five months which meant a diversion en-route and otherwise I’ve cancelled about 8 days as well out of five months on the West Coast of Scotland. Many thought it not possible but again it’s never been tried really. I’d be the first to say it presents some challenges but really we’re blessed with the changing conditions we get as they allow us great flexibility also.
The main difference between us and the larger companies is that we treat every passenger more personally. We call and advice in advance if there is any likelihood of delays or cancelations so they can re-plan or reschedule their trip.
Otherwise I really look forward to having you guys aboard soon too!
Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Safe New Year!

Andy