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# When You Need A Contract Pilot, STAT!

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***I need a Contract Pilot!*** It’s happened to every Aircraft Operator at some point. You have a flight is scheduled, and in the days leading up to the flight, you’re now down a crew member. Many life factors can cause this, illness, death in the family, family emergency, or more recently, COVID! If you find yourself in a bind, CrewBlast’s technology allows you to locate and secure a Contract Pilot or Contract Flight Attendants quicker than any other means, guaranteed.

When presented with a challenge to not only crew one GVII typed pilot, but two, CrewBlast went above and beyond, and had the entire crew secured within 30 minutes.

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