1 01:00:03,599 --> 01:00:05,034 If I have a giving 2 01:00:05,034 --> 01:00:08,338 attitude, well, I could use my jet. 3 01:00:08,538 --> 01:00:10,773 I don't have to not only donate to a 4 01:00:10,773 --> 01:00:12,642 cause, you know, monetarily, 5 01:00:13,176 --> 01:00:15,278 I could utilize my jet and I can actually 6 01:00:15,278 --> 01:00:17,547 take the patient to their care. 7 01:00:18,314 --> 01:00:19,782 So, you know, and you'll hear us always 8 01:00:19,782 --> 01:00:21,651 say it's a line we use all the time. 9 01:00:21,884 --> 01:00:22,552 Fill a seat with hope. 10 01:00:23,152 --> 01:00:24,687 So if you have this asset, you're already 11 01:00:24,687 --> 01:00:25,655 planned to go somewhere. 12 01:00:26,055 --> 01:00:27,557 You're just taking along a special guest. 13 01:00:28,958 --> 01:00:29,792 Welcome to Own the 14 01:00:29,792 --> 01:00:31,127 Jet by Aspen Aero Group, 15 01:00:31,561 --> 01:00:33,029 where we share perspectives from some of 16 01:00:33,029 --> 01:00:34,130 the leading voices in 17 01:00:34,130 --> 01:00:34,964 private jet ownership 18 01:00:35,131 --> 01:00:36,032 and business aviation. 19 01:00:36,966 --> 01:00:38,868 I'm your host, Derek Savage, along with 20 01:00:38,868 --> 01:00:40,169 my co-host, Jason Spoor, 21 01:00:40,470 --> 01:00:41,771 president of Aspen Aero Group. 22 01:00:43,873 --> 01:00:45,708 Our guest today is Rebecca Frey Hewitt 23 01:00:45,708 --> 01:00:46,843 from Corporate Angel Network. 24 01:00:47,443 --> 01:00:49,312 Rebecca and her team help match cancer 25 01:00:49,312 --> 01:00:50,646 patients with unused seats 26 01:00:50,646 --> 01:00:52,582 on corporate flights so they can reach 27 01:00:52,582 --> 01:00:53,816 the treatment that they need. 28 01:00:54,717 --> 01:00:55,852 Join us as we dive 29 01:00:55,852 --> 01:00:56,986 deep into the mechanics, 30 01:00:57,353 --> 01:00:58,454 mindset and moments 31 01:00:58,454 --> 01:00:59,956 that define jet ownership. 32 01:01:00,690 --> 01:01:02,125 And together we'll learn 33 01:01:02,125 --> 01:01:04,127 what it takes to own the jet. 34 01:01:04,527 --> 01:01:06,896 Rebecca Frey Hewitt, thank you so much 35 01:01:06,896 --> 01:01:08,164 for joining us on Own the Jet. 36 01:01:08,698 --> 01:01:10,733 And thank you for being here on location 37 01:01:10,733 --> 01:01:12,335 with us at Millionaire 38 01:01:12,335 --> 01:01:13,336 in White Plains, New York. 39 01:01:13,803 --> 01:01:15,271 Place to be. Thank you for 40 01:01:15,271 --> 01:01:16,706 having me. I appreciate it. 41 01:01:17,173 --> 01:01:19,976 Awesome. So for our viewers here and our 42 01:01:19,976 --> 01:01:22,045 listeners on the audio version of this, 43 01:01:22,378 --> 01:01:24,347 you're with Corporate Angel Network. Yes. 44 01:01:25,381 --> 01:01:26,649 What's Corporate Angel Network? 45 01:01:26,649 --> 01:01:28,084 Oh, what's Corporate Angel Network? 46 01:01:28,317 --> 01:01:29,285 We are a nonprofit. 47 01:01:29,652 --> 01:01:31,054 We provide free air 48 01:01:31,054 --> 01:01:32,855 transportation to cancer patients 49 01:01:33,723 --> 01:01:35,625 to put it in a nutshell of what we do. 50 01:01:36,459 --> 01:01:37,393 But we're bigger than 51 01:01:37,393 --> 01:01:38,528 that. We're here to save lives. 52 01:01:39,295 --> 01:01:40,329 We're here to get people to treatment 53 01:01:40,329 --> 01:01:41,564 that they can't access. 54 01:01:42,331 --> 01:01:45,234 So if I have a jet, if I if I'm in charge 55 01:01:45,234 --> 01:01:46,235 of a jet at a corporation 56 01:01:47,203 --> 01:01:50,773 and, you know, it's it's got a regular 57 01:01:50,773 --> 01:01:51,874 flight that goes 58 01:01:51,874 --> 01:01:53,042 somewhere that you know about 59 01:01:53,042 --> 01:01:54,911 and you've got a patient that needs 60 01:01:54,911 --> 01:01:57,080 treatment somewhere or needs a procedure 61 01:01:57,346 --> 01:01:59,649 or something where they have to make a 62 01:01:59,649 --> 01:02:02,251 flight, you contact me and you say, hey, 63 01:02:02,251 --> 01:02:04,821 can we put this person on one of the 64 01:02:04,821 --> 01:02:06,556 empty seats on this flight 65 01:02:06,556 --> 01:02:07,724 that you're already taking? 66 01:02:07,724 --> 01:02:09,592 You don't have to do anything extra. 67 01:02:09,592 --> 01:02:11,794 Nothing. And you and you help this person 68 01:02:11,794 --> 01:02:14,197 get to their treatment, their treatment, 69 01:02:14,197 --> 01:02:15,264 their whatever it is they need. 70 01:02:15,798 --> 01:02:16,632 Whatever it could be surgery. 71 01:02:17,100 --> 01:02:17,600 It could be regular 72 01:02:17,600 --> 01:02:19,268 treatment. It could be a follow up. 73 01:02:19,268 --> 01:02:21,304 It could be, you know, they've been in 74 01:02:21,304 --> 01:02:22,772 remission and now they're going back 75 01:02:22,772 --> 01:02:24,073 every year just for scans. 76 01:02:24,574 --> 01:02:25,208 And I'm assuming 77 01:02:25,208 --> 01:02:26,542 they're pretty excited about. 78 01:02:26,609 --> 01:02:29,178 Oh, the right. It's completely excited. 79 01:02:29,178 --> 01:02:31,247 I mean, these are you know, this is a 80 01:02:31,247 --> 01:02:33,950 demographic that in most cases, yeah, 81 01:02:33,950 --> 01:02:34,984 they would never be 82 01:02:34,984 --> 01:02:36,252 flying on a private jet. 83 01:02:36,652 --> 01:02:39,555 You guys allowing them to take that seat 84 01:02:39,555 --> 01:02:41,524 takes away a big burden that 85 01:02:41,524 --> 01:02:42,425 they have on their shoulder. 86 01:02:42,759 --> 01:02:43,693 It's more comfortable. 87 01:02:44,293 --> 01:02:45,595 They get there in less time. 88 01:02:45,595 --> 01:02:48,364 They can avoid layovers, you know, and it 89 01:02:48,364 --> 01:02:50,233 just makes it sometimes at the moment 90 01:02:50,233 --> 01:02:50,967 that they're sitting 91 01:02:51,801 --> 01:02:53,136 as a guest on your jet. 92 01:02:53,269 --> 01:02:55,104 Yeah. They forget about what they're 93 01:02:55,104 --> 01:02:55,738 really going through. 94 01:02:56,005 --> 01:03:00,309 Yeah. So so how many how many of these 95 01:03:00,309 --> 01:03:02,111 flights have you ever how long has 96 01:03:02,111 --> 01:03:03,312 corporate angel network been around? 97 01:03:03,312 --> 01:03:04,947 I guess that's that's probably been in 98 01:03:04,947 --> 01:03:06,182 operation since 1981. 99 01:03:06,549 --> 01:03:08,851 OK. First flight flew right 100 01:03:08,851 --> 01:03:10,353 out of where we are on location. 101 01:03:10,553 --> 01:03:12,255 Each man. Oh, really? OK. So it was here. 102 01:03:12,522 --> 01:03:14,490 Yes. The flight flew from here. 103 01:03:15,091 --> 01:03:17,059 And since the early 90s, we were actually 104 01:03:17,059 --> 01:03:18,928 housed here on HPN grounds 105 01:03:18,928 --> 01:03:20,963 to so our offices were here. 106 01:03:21,798 --> 01:03:25,434 And we've done since starting, we're 107 01:03:25,434 --> 01:03:26,469 about to approach, I would 108 01:03:26,469 --> 01:03:27,637 say over sixty nine thousand, 109 01:03:27,904 --> 01:03:29,005 but we are about to approach 110 01:03:29,005 --> 01:03:30,072 our seventy thousand flight. 111 01:03:30,373 --> 01:03:32,642 So I got to imagine, I mean, I'm now you 112 01:03:32,642 --> 01:03:34,811 can't see it on on here, but outside this 113 01:03:34,811 --> 01:03:36,813 window behind me are just 114 01:03:37,914 --> 01:03:39,982 people's jets in hangers and like their 115 01:03:39,982 --> 01:03:41,017 jets all over this this 116 01:03:41,017 --> 01:03:41,884 airport that we're at. 117 01:03:42,652 --> 01:03:43,953 And I got to imagine 118 01:03:43,953 --> 01:03:45,154 there's a lot of empty seats. 119 01:03:45,555 --> 01:03:47,356 I've got to imagine. Yeah. Like like most 120 01:03:47,356 --> 01:03:48,658 of these most of these jets 121 01:03:48,658 --> 01:03:49,959 have like what, eight, ten, 122 01:03:50,593 --> 01:03:52,128 you know, seats in them. 123 01:03:52,128 --> 01:03:53,095 And they're never full. 124 01:03:53,496 --> 01:03:54,831 Majority of the nine times out of ten. 125 01:03:55,198 --> 01:03:55,932 Yeah, they're never full. 126 01:03:56,265 --> 01:03:59,035 I mean, even when I you speak to some of 127 01:03:59,035 --> 01:04:00,169 our partners and we're discussing, 128 01:04:00,336 --> 01:04:02,872 you know, the logistics of the flight or 129 01:04:02,872 --> 01:04:04,073 we might have a patient 130 01:04:04,073 --> 01:04:05,174 that might want to bring, 131 01:04:05,441 --> 01:04:07,076 you know, their spouse, but they also 132 01:04:07,076 --> 01:04:07,977 have a kid that they may 133 01:04:07,977 --> 01:04:08,978 not want to leave home. 134 01:04:09,245 --> 01:04:10,646 So we'll inquire, you know, how many 135 01:04:10,646 --> 01:04:11,447 seats are available. 136 01:04:11,447 --> 01:04:13,115 There's always a lot of seats available. 137 01:04:13,449 --> 01:04:15,184 Yeah, always enough seats. But with that 138 01:04:15,184 --> 01:04:17,687 said, so where are you 139 01:04:18,487 --> 01:04:20,456 needing to get most of your patients to? 140 01:04:20,723 --> 01:04:22,592 I'm sure that, you know, because a lot of 141 01:04:22,592 --> 01:04:23,292 these guys might not be 142 01:04:23,292 --> 01:04:24,193 heading in those directions. 143 01:04:24,493 --> 01:04:26,963 I would say our top two, Houston, Texas, 144 01:04:27,063 --> 01:04:28,664 for MD Anderson Cancer Center. 145 01:04:28,664 --> 01:04:30,032 OK. New York City. 146 01:04:30,366 --> 01:04:32,235 So flying in anywhere in the New York 147 01:04:32,235 --> 01:04:35,137 area, Teeterboro, HPN, anywhere. 148 01:04:35,504 --> 01:04:37,673 You can fly into Newark and they will 149 01:04:37,673 --> 01:04:38,808 take it because they go to 150 01:04:38,808 --> 01:04:39,809 Memorial Sloan Kettering. 151 01:04:40,109 --> 01:04:41,010 Those are our top two. 152 01:04:41,410 --> 01:04:43,279 Well, and how hard is it for these 153 01:04:43,279 --> 01:04:45,748 patients to travel otherwise? Right. 154 01:04:45,848 --> 01:04:47,717 How hard is it for them to drive cross 155 01:04:47,717 --> 01:04:49,685 country being, you know, 156 01:04:50,486 --> 01:04:52,388 in the condition that they're in or to 157 01:04:52,388 --> 01:04:53,789 have to deal with all of 158 01:04:53,789 --> 01:04:54,523 the stuff that's involved 159 01:04:54,523 --> 01:04:56,926 in like a commercial flight and all? 160 01:04:56,926 --> 01:04:57,994 I mean, that's that's 161 01:04:57,994 --> 01:04:59,629 a it's a lot, right? 162 01:04:59,629 --> 01:05:01,330 I mean, it's like it is. And it's not. 163 01:05:01,330 --> 01:05:02,965 See, the thing is, is, you know, it's not 164 01:05:02,965 --> 01:05:04,267 a one off for most of them. 165 01:05:04,734 --> 01:05:07,436 This is if I'm if I'm accepted into a 166 01:05:07,436 --> 01:05:08,871 clinical trial. Sure. 167 01:05:08,871 --> 01:05:10,273 I have a requirement to be 168 01:05:10,273 --> 01:05:12,174 there once a week, maybe. 169 01:05:12,909 --> 01:05:13,909 Every three weeks, you 170 01:05:13,909 --> 01:05:15,011 know, it's a back and forth. 171 01:05:15,478 --> 01:05:17,280 And you can't interrupt that care. 172 01:05:17,647 --> 01:05:19,348 And the hard part about it is 173 01:05:19,348 --> 01:05:21,651 cancer is so widespread now. 174 01:05:21,951 --> 01:05:24,086 We're at a point where everybody you 175 01:05:24,086 --> 01:05:27,523 meet, know somebody close to them. 176 01:05:27,890 --> 01:05:28,991 Yes, that's been affected. 177 01:05:29,392 --> 01:05:30,493 So now it's even like 178 01:05:30,493 --> 01:05:31,427 a waiting list game. 179 01:05:31,894 --> 01:05:33,429 I mean, we've had a lot of people come to 180 01:05:33,429 --> 01:05:35,531 us after a point where they've been doing 181 01:05:35,531 --> 01:05:36,799 the drive for the first 182 01:05:36,799 --> 01:05:38,668 two years of their treatment. 183 01:05:39,168 --> 01:05:40,936 Yeah. But now they're they're weak. 184 01:05:40,936 --> 01:05:43,005 It's tiring. It's taking a toll on them. 185 01:05:43,239 --> 01:05:45,241 And even though their drive is maybe 186 01:05:45,241 --> 01:05:49,011 three hours for us, that's not bad. 187 01:05:49,011 --> 01:05:50,346 Take the drive. Right. Right. 188 01:05:50,513 --> 01:05:52,315 For them, it's a different story with 189 01:05:52,315 --> 01:05:54,450 that. Is there, you 190 01:05:54,450 --> 01:05:55,985 know, who qualifies for this? 191 01:05:55,985 --> 01:05:58,054 Is there a cap limit? Is there a bottom? 192 01:05:58,054 --> 01:05:59,255 You know, how did anybody, 193 01:05:59,555 --> 01:06:00,556 anybody can call anybody. 194 01:06:00,890 --> 01:06:01,557 All you have to do is 195 01:06:01,557 --> 01:06:02,491 have a cancer diagnosis. 196 01:06:02,959 --> 01:06:05,428 I will say, you know, on the aircraft 197 01:06:05,428 --> 01:06:07,963 that is provided to us and donated to us, 198 01:06:07,963 --> 01:06:10,032 you would have to be ambulatory. Right. 199 01:06:10,266 --> 01:06:10,666 When you say 200 01:06:10,666 --> 01:06:12,034 ambulatory, what does that mean? 201 01:06:12,134 --> 01:06:13,970 Walk on your own. Like you can use if you 202 01:06:13,970 --> 01:06:15,871 have a walker that you need to use to get 203 01:06:15,871 --> 01:06:18,040 you close to the plane and it folds and 204 01:06:18,040 --> 01:06:19,375 you can get up the stairs. 205 01:06:19,375 --> 01:06:21,877 OK. No, but you know, not saying you have 206 01:06:21,877 --> 01:06:23,346 to be able to walk a certain steps, 207 01:06:23,346 --> 01:06:24,814 you know, amount of steps at a time. But 208 01:06:24,814 --> 01:06:27,116 ambulatory able to move on your own. 209 01:06:27,116 --> 01:06:28,150 But you are allowed to 210 01:06:28,150 --> 01:06:30,386 bring a companion with you. OK. 211 01:06:30,653 --> 01:06:31,487 So you'll always, you 212 01:06:31,487 --> 01:06:33,055 know, be able free of charge. 213 01:06:33,189 --> 01:06:33,990 It doesn't cost the 214 01:06:33,990 --> 01:06:35,791 patient. Doesn't cost the partner. 215 01:06:36,325 --> 01:06:38,828 Gotcha. How do how do patients find out 216 01:06:38,828 --> 01:06:40,329 about Corvangel network? 217 01:06:40,896 --> 01:06:42,164 That's what we're trying to work on. 218 01:06:42,164 --> 01:06:43,566 So right now we're at a point where 219 01:06:43,566 --> 01:06:46,268 anybody I ask, how did you hear about us? 220 01:06:46,268 --> 01:06:47,670 It's word of mouth. OK. 221 01:06:47,670 --> 01:06:50,373 No matter how much we do on websites, on 222 01:06:50,373 --> 01:06:51,540 social media postings. 223 01:06:52,208 --> 01:06:54,243 Yeah. Patients are hearing about us when 224 01:06:54,243 --> 01:06:56,579 they're receiving active treatment, 225 01:06:56,579 --> 01:06:58,147 when they're at MD Anderson. So it's the 226 01:06:58,147 --> 01:07:00,082 hospitals and the doctors and nurses 227 01:07:00,149 --> 01:07:02,518 that have utilized us. But right now, the 228 01:07:02,518 --> 01:07:03,519 main thing is word of mouth. 229 01:07:03,519 --> 01:07:04,687 And I think that's why we try to put 230 01:07:04,687 --> 01:07:07,189 ourselves in places that 231 01:07:07,189 --> 01:07:08,524 we can just speak on it 232 01:07:08,557 --> 01:07:10,126 because it's really the only way that it 233 01:07:10,126 --> 01:07:11,627 gets out. Like on the jet. 234 01:07:11,861 --> 01:07:13,396 Like right here. 235 01:07:13,629 --> 01:07:14,930 Perfect. Yeah, we love it. 236 01:07:14,930 --> 01:07:15,731 Yeah, that's what we're 237 01:07:15,731 --> 01:07:16,832 trying to do. Spread the word. 238 01:07:17,166 --> 01:07:18,067 So speaking of owning a jet. 239 01:07:18,567 --> 01:07:22,171 So if I own a jet and I hear this and I 240 01:07:22,171 --> 01:07:23,839 and I say, you know, well, 241 01:07:24,006 --> 01:07:26,008 this this sounds like something that 242 01:07:26,008 --> 01:07:28,744 would be, you know, maybe 243 01:07:28,844 --> 01:07:30,546 maybe there there could be benefits for 244 01:07:30,546 --> 01:07:32,448 me besides being a good person 245 01:07:32,448 --> 01:07:33,582 and feeling good about it. 246 01:07:34,583 --> 01:07:35,951 You guys are a nonprofit. 247 01:07:36,252 --> 01:07:38,988 Is there a way like obviously, if I 248 01:07:38,988 --> 01:07:39,922 wanted to make a donation, 249 01:07:40,389 --> 01:07:41,590 that would be something that you guys 250 01:07:41,590 --> 01:07:42,892 would want. Oh, absolutely. 251 01:07:43,292 --> 01:07:43,793 To have. Right. 252 01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:46,495 I you know, and we we do talk about that. 253 01:07:46,495 --> 01:07:47,296 We you know, we put it 254 01:07:47,296 --> 01:07:48,230 we put that out there. 255 01:07:48,230 --> 01:07:50,266 But our biggest thing is 256 01:07:50,266 --> 01:07:51,367 we want the flight lift. 257 01:07:51,367 --> 01:07:53,702 You know, we have the need because we 258 01:07:53,702 --> 01:07:54,837 know how many people are out there. 259 01:07:54,837 --> 01:07:56,372 But there's so many ways to 260 01:07:56,372 --> 01:07:58,574 help. Can you can, you know, 261 01:07:58,774 --> 01:08:00,076 from monetary donations, 262 01:08:00,409 --> 01:08:03,045 sponsorships, our fundraisers. 263 01:08:03,045 --> 01:08:04,447 What events do you guys go to? 264 01:08:04,580 --> 01:08:07,783 So we go to base NBA's 265 01:08:07,783 --> 01:08:09,018 conference and exhibition. 266 01:08:09,718 --> 01:08:12,054 We go to the regional forums and be a so 267 01:08:12,054 --> 01:08:14,523 we go to Miami is where it is. 268 01:08:14,523 --> 01:08:15,257 This coming year. 269 01:08:15,958 --> 01:08:17,693 We attend the one here right 270 01:08:17,693 --> 01:08:19,728 on location for context here. 271 01:08:20,596 --> 01:08:23,833 In BAA is an industry organization of 272 01:08:23,833 --> 01:08:25,334 people in Navy in private aviation. 273 01:08:26,402 --> 01:08:28,337 And base is their big 274 01:08:28,337 --> 01:08:29,672 conference they do every year. 275 01:08:30,005 --> 01:08:30,873 Is it always in Vegas? 276 01:08:31,407 --> 01:08:32,808 So when I when I joined 277 01:08:32,808 --> 01:08:33,509 Corporate Angel Network, 278 01:08:33,709 --> 01:08:35,311 I think that was 2022 and 279 01:08:35,311 --> 01:08:36,879 it was in Orlando that year. 280 01:08:36,879 --> 01:08:38,714 OK, but when we were in Orlando, they 281 01:08:38,714 --> 01:08:39,515 committed to, I 282 01:08:39,515 --> 01:08:40,950 believe, five years in Vegas. 283 01:08:41,250 --> 01:08:43,552 OK, for people that aren't familiar, this 284 01:08:43,552 --> 01:08:45,287 is it's kind of like a big trade show. 285 01:08:45,287 --> 01:08:46,122 Right. It is. Yeah. 286 01:08:46,288 --> 01:08:48,891 It's the industry's big trade show. 287 01:08:49,225 --> 01:08:50,926 So you guys have a big presence at the 288 01:08:50,926 --> 01:08:51,994 industry's big trade show. 289 01:08:51,994 --> 01:08:52,895 This year, it's in Vegas 290 01:08:52,895 --> 01:08:54,096 in October. Is that right? 291 01:08:54,330 --> 01:08:56,599 Yes, I think it starts on the 14th. 292 01:08:56,599 --> 01:08:57,466 Could be. Yeah. 293 01:08:57,466 --> 01:08:58,134 Fourteen, fifteenth 294 01:08:58,134 --> 01:08:59,935 and sixteenth. OK, great. 295 01:09:00,302 --> 01:09:01,770 And you're going to be there and have a 296 01:09:01,770 --> 01:09:02,771 big presence there this year. 297 01:09:02,905 --> 01:09:03,672 We're there. We're 298 01:09:03,672 --> 01:09:05,040 going to be there always. 299 01:09:05,307 --> 01:09:06,041 We're so happy to be 300 01:09:06,041 --> 01:09:06,809 there. That's our biggest. 301 01:09:07,610 --> 01:09:09,311 Even it's NBA's biggest event. 302 01:09:09,311 --> 01:09:11,447 But for us, it's I mean, we the 303 01:09:11,447 --> 01:09:12,915 connections we make, the 304 01:09:12,915 --> 01:09:14,250 thank yous we're able to give. 305 01:09:14,350 --> 01:09:17,987 And we're always hosting our one annual 306 01:09:17,987 --> 01:09:19,455 fundraiser during that time, too. 307 01:09:19,455 --> 01:09:20,556 So it's big for us. OK. 308 01:09:20,823 --> 01:09:22,791 What days that's on the that's always on 309 01:09:22,791 --> 01:09:24,093 the Wednesday. Right. OK. 310 01:09:24,093 --> 01:09:24,827 The Wednesday evening. 311 01:09:25,194 --> 01:09:26,695 So it's kind of, you know, everybody's at 312 01:09:26,695 --> 01:09:28,831 that base at the convention all day long. 313 01:09:28,964 --> 01:09:30,533 Yeah. It ends at about four o'clock. 314 01:09:30,799 --> 01:09:32,368 Yeah. And we're right across the street. 315 01:09:32,668 --> 01:09:34,170 At the fountain blue. Yeah. 316 01:09:34,170 --> 01:09:35,804 So you literally just walk out the doors 317 01:09:35,804 --> 01:09:36,305 of the convention 318 01:09:36,305 --> 01:09:37,606 center across the street. 319 01:09:37,940 --> 01:09:39,041 And it's about. Yeah, it's a 320 01:09:39,041 --> 01:09:40,676 two hour cocktail reception. 321 01:09:41,610 --> 01:09:42,711 We have a silent auction. 322 01:09:43,412 --> 01:09:44,313 We you know, our president 323 01:09:44,313 --> 01:09:45,915 and CEO, Bob Stangroem, speaks 324 01:09:47,216 --> 01:09:49,652 and the NBA at bowling usually speaks 325 01:09:49,652 --> 01:09:50,786 during that event as well. 326 01:09:51,353 --> 01:09:53,322 We do a live giving moment. It's fun. 327 01:09:53,322 --> 01:09:55,391 It's about two hours of, you know, 328 01:09:55,591 --> 01:09:56,992 giving, having a good time, 329 01:09:56,992 --> 01:09:59,061 hearing more about our mission. Yeah. 330 01:09:59,061 --> 01:10:00,629 And then you go out and hit 331 01:10:00,629 --> 01:10:02,031 the streets of Vegas. Nice. 332 01:10:02,631 --> 01:10:04,033 We don't make it too long because we know 333 01:10:04,033 --> 01:10:06,035 it's that week is a week of events. 334 01:10:06,235 --> 01:10:07,570 It's yeah. Vegas is full 335 01:10:07,570 --> 01:10:08,804 of just business aviation. 336 01:10:09,004 --> 01:10:09,939 The whole entire week. 337 01:10:09,972 --> 01:10:10,973 What's the what's the 338 01:10:10,973 --> 01:10:12,508 biggest silent auction gift? 339 01:10:12,808 --> 01:10:13,876 What is it? Do you know? 340 01:10:14,410 --> 01:10:16,312 It's a golf cart. It's a golf cart. 341 01:10:16,612 --> 01:10:18,747 And it's a lot for every year. 342 01:10:18,747 --> 01:10:20,382 Oh, OK. Really? OK. 343 01:10:20,616 --> 01:10:21,250 So that's the item. 344 01:10:21,250 --> 01:10:23,552 It's actually usually placed on the floor 345 01:10:23,552 --> 01:10:25,588 of the convention during the time. 346 01:10:25,788 --> 01:10:26,689 So you get to look at it. 347 01:10:26,689 --> 01:10:28,190 Look at it. See that note. 348 01:10:28,190 --> 01:10:29,792 You know, know that it's available. Yeah. 349 01:10:29,792 --> 01:10:32,027 So is it is it is it styled 350 01:10:32,027 --> 01:10:33,696 or branded in any specific way? 351 01:10:33,696 --> 01:10:34,763 Or is it just like a nice golf? 352 01:10:34,763 --> 01:10:36,432 No, it's just a nice golf cart. 353 01:10:36,432 --> 01:10:38,801 OK. Can we put our stuff on? 354 01:10:39,735 --> 01:10:40,536 I think I do. I'll 355 01:10:40,536 --> 01:10:41,303 see who I could talk to. 356 01:10:41,303 --> 01:10:42,805 I think I want to. Yeah, we can see. 357 01:10:42,805 --> 01:10:44,073 We can sell space on the guy. 358 01:10:44,073 --> 01:10:45,708 It'll be like, Oh, this car. We're done. 359 01:10:46,175 --> 01:10:46,909 We're coming up with 360 01:10:46,909 --> 01:10:48,310 some. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 361 01:10:48,611 --> 01:10:50,846 So, yeah. And then a bunch of really nice 362 01:10:50,846 --> 01:10:54,250 vacation packages, some signed books. 363 01:10:55,050 --> 01:10:55,985 We've done some signed 364 01:10:55,985 --> 01:10:57,286 tennis rackets before. 365 01:10:58,654 --> 01:11:02,057 So a bunch of items again, you know, big 366 01:11:02,057 --> 01:11:03,792 thank you to everybody who supports us. 367 01:11:04,026 --> 01:11:05,494 I mean, we never really know what we're 368 01:11:05,494 --> 01:11:07,696 going to get, but we repeat stuff, 369 01:11:07,930 --> 01:11:10,399 new things. It's a great silent auction. 370 01:11:11,133 --> 01:11:12,434 Really, it's a nice setup. 371 01:11:12,801 --> 01:11:15,170 Everything always goes. It's a good time. 372 01:11:15,437 --> 01:11:16,372 That's cool. Nice. 373 01:11:16,739 --> 01:11:18,507 How many patients do you typically work 374 01:11:18,507 --> 01:11:19,308 with at any given time? 375 01:11:19,708 --> 01:11:21,010 On an average, we get 376 01:11:21,010 --> 01:11:22,945 about I'll go by month. 377 01:11:22,945 --> 01:11:24,346 OK. We get anywhere 378 01:11:24,346 --> 01:11:27,116 from 300 to 400 requests. 379 01:11:28,050 --> 01:11:29,985 Oh, wow. So that's just giving you. 380 01:11:30,219 --> 01:11:32,955 Wow. Yeah. That's an idea of the need. 381 01:11:33,455 --> 01:11:34,957 Yeah, that's that's a lot of your 382 01:11:34,957 --> 01:11:37,192 averaging right now. 383 01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:42,131 About 135 to 45 flights per month. 384 01:11:42,564 --> 01:11:43,899 OK, so kind of shows you 385 01:11:43,899 --> 01:11:45,234 we we need the flight lift. 386 01:11:45,634 --> 01:11:47,803 We are still saving lives. 387 01:11:47,803 --> 01:11:50,072 We're still able to complete the mission, 388 01:11:50,072 --> 01:11:52,441 but we have so much more to do. 389 01:11:52,541 --> 01:11:54,209 Yeah. So with the flight lift, 390 01:11:55,544 --> 01:11:57,613 I imagine we talked about jets. 391 01:11:57,846 --> 01:12:00,315 And of course, you know, I'm sure that's 392 01:12:00,315 --> 01:12:01,417 a large scale of it. 393 01:12:01,417 --> 01:12:03,018 But what about the turboprop market? 394 01:12:03,018 --> 01:12:05,087 What about getting I mean, who all do you 395 01:12:05,087 --> 01:12:06,689 well, we never take flights from? 396 01:12:06,689 --> 01:12:08,390 We never touch the turboprop market. 397 01:12:08,390 --> 01:12:10,793 But I'm proud to say that we did we did 398 01:12:10,793 --> 01:12:12,895 make a press release in September of 2024 399 01:12:13,429 --> 01:12:15,531 that we are now accepting turboprops. 400 01:12:15,531 --> 01:12:16,965 We're expanding our fleet, not expanding 401 01:12:16,965 --> 01:12:18,367 the fleet because we 402 01:12:18,367 --> 01:12:19,268 want to grow the mission. 403 01:12:19,568 --> 01:12:21,704 So in order to do that, we have to dip 404 01:12:21,704 --> 01:12:22,638 into a couple of buckets. 405 01:12:22,638 --> 01:12:23,806 We've never dipped into before. 406 01:12:24,106 --> 01:12:25,674 So, you know, after discussing the 407 01:12:25,674 --> 01:12:26,942 logistics and, you know, 408 01:12:26,942 --> 01:12:28,110 how can we make this work? 409 01:12:28,110 --> 01:12:29,712 The only requirement if you're a 410 01:12:29,712 --> 01:12:30,913 turboprop operator is that 411 01:12:30,913 --> 01:12:32,114 it's two pilots and pressure 412 01:12:32,114 --> 01:12:34,183 is OK. And that's just 413 01:12:34,183 --> 01:12:35,884 based off of safety. Sure. 414 01:12:36,719 --> 01:12:38,087 But yeah, we've expanded it. 415 01:12:38,087 --> 01:12:40,089 We've, you know, been we went back 416 01:12:40,089 --> 01:12:41,924 historically and reached out to a couple 417 01:12:41,924 --> 01:12:44,193 of people who did want to partner with us 418 01:12:44,193 --> 01:12:45,561 prior, but we weren't 419 01:12:45,561 --> 01:12:47,029 accepting turboprops. 420 01:12:47,329 --> 01:12:48,697 So we've done that outreach. 421 01:12:48,697 --> 01:12:50,065 And it was just because the turboprops 422 01:12:50,065 --> 01:12:51,900 are like smaller, typically, or not. 423 01:12:52,568 --> 01:12:54,870 You know what? Not sure. 424 01:12:55,504 --> 01:12:56,872 OK, to be honest, it was just one of 425 01:12:56,872 --> 01:12:58,574 those rules that started off 426 01:12:58,574 --> 01:12:59,908 and just happened to exist. 427 01:13:00,909 --> 01:13:02,878 And, you know, it's it's not a matter of 428 01:13:02,878 --> 01:13:04,446 course, we're corporate angel network. 429 01:13:04,446 --> 01:13:06,415 So we've really dealt with corporations 430 01:13:06,415 --> 01:13:09,618 and their aircrafts and their companies. 431 01:13:09,952 --> 01:13:12,187 But when you look at the mission, if I if 432 01:13:12,187 --> 01:13:13,021 I'm going to sit here and 433 01:13:13,021 --> 01:13:14,189 say I want to save lives, 434 01:13:14,656 --> 01:13:16,125 right. Can't just limit it. Right. 435 01:13:16,358 --> 01:13:17,426 Right. Exactly. And 436 01:13:17,426 --> 01:13:18,227 we're going to expand. 437 01:13:18,494 --> 01:13:20,095 And when, you know, all heads came 438 01:13:20,095 --> 01:13:21,430 together, you know, it's been amazing. 439 01:13:21,930 --> 01:13:24,533 To have our president and CEO join us. 440 01:13:24,533 --> 01:13:26,702 He joined us last year, 2024. Right. 441 01:13:27,236 --> 01:13:29,371 And his name is Bob Stangeroom. OK. 442 01:13:29,772 --> 01:13:31,740 Well known in the aviation industry has 443 01:13:31,740 --> 01:13:32,841 years in here, you know. 444 01:13:33,108 --> 01:13:34,176 So he came with this 445 01:13:34,176 --> 01:13:35,344 knowledge that we needed. 446 01:13:35,811 --> 01:13:37,312 And he came in with this. 447 01:13:38,247 --> 01:13:39,882 What can we do to 448 01:13:39,882 --> 01:13:41,049 increase the flight lift? 449 01:13:41,049 --> 01:13:42,050 What are we doing now? 450 01:13:42,050 --> 01:13:42,985 And what can we do better? 451 01:13:43,218 --> 01:13:44,853 Yeah. So when we kind of looked, you 452 01:13:44,853 --> 01:13:45,788 know, we looked at the 453 01:13:45,788 --> 01:13:46,855 layout and we were like, 454 01:13:46,855 --> 01:13:47,956 well, this is all we take. 455 01:13:48,390 --> 01:13:49,425 We've had people reach out 456 01:13:49,425 --> 01:13:50,526 saying they want a partner. 457 01:13:50,793 --> 01:13:52,861 Yeah. But we didn't accept the 458 01:13:52,861 --> 01:13:53,796 partnership because 459 01:13:53,796 --> 01:13:55,631 somewhere written somewhere. 460 01:13:56,265 --> 01:13:57,666 We couldn't. Yeah. Yeah. 461 01:13:57,733 --> 01:13:59,468 So now we couldn't 462 01:13:59,468 --> 01:14:00,803 find the reason why not. 463 01:14:00,803 --> 01:14:02,638 Yeah. Sure. But it's being done. Nice. 464 01:14:03,105 --> 01:14:04,873 You know, expanded to some commercial 465 01:14:04,873 --> 01:14:08,043 airlines and donations of 466 01:14:08,043 --> 01:14:10,012 some vouchers that we can use. 467 01:14:10,245 --> 01:14:12,347 And, you know, looking out for, you know, 468 01:14:12,681 --> 01:14:13,115 that's where the 469 01:14:13,115 --> 01:14:14,583 monetary donations come in. 470 01:14:14,917 --> 01:14:16,618 If, you know, they come in, you know, we 471 01:14:16,618 --> 01:14:17,586 are putting that in a 472 01:14:17,586 --> 01:14:19,588 bucket where if we can't find 473 01:14:19,688 --> 01:14:21,590 you a corporate flight, which we work so 474 01:14:21,590 --> 01:14:24,593 hard to try and do, if you're able to fly 475 01:14:24,593 --> 01:14:26,528 commercially and not to immunocompromise, 476 01:14:27,129 --> 01:14:28,597 we can purchase you a commercial ticket. 477 01:14:29,031 --> 01:14:30,732 So that's where the growth is coming with 478 01:14:30,732 --> 01:14:31,700 the corporate angel network. 479 01:14:31,700 --> 01:14:32,267 It wasn't really 480 01:14:32,267 --> 01:14:33,602 something we were doing before. 481 01:14:33,836 --> 01:14:35,604 But now we're doing it. Yeah. 482 01:14:35,838 --> 01:14:37,973 And we were talking earlier, it's not 483 01:14:37,973 --> 01:14:39,808 just corporations, right? 484 01:14:39,808 --> 01:14:42,010 It's like if I'm an entrepreneur, if I 485 01:14:42,010 --> 01:14:43,712 own a large company or, 486 01:14:44,112 --> 01:14:45,647 you know, some kind of, 487 01:14:45,881 --> 01:14:47,349 I don't know, let's let's just say I'm a 488 01:14:47,349 --> 01:14:48,650 rich person with a jet. Right. 489 01:14:48,684 --> 01:14:51,587 And and I want, you know, and I'm hearing 490 01:14:51,587 --> 01:14:52,421 about corporate angel 491 01:14:52,421 --> 01:14:54,056 network and well, I'm not a 492 01:14:54,056 --> 01:14:57,259 corporation. So, oh, well, but you're 493 01:14:57,259 --> 01:15:00,128 you're saying we want the flights. 494 01:15:01,563 --> 01:15:03,799 For example, we have a group of guy 495 01:15:03,799 --> 01:15:05,968 friends, you know, all of 496 01:15:05,968 --> 01:15:08,303 them just have money, you know. 497 01:15:08,670 --> 01:15:10,205 So they went and came together and bought 498 01:15:10,205 --> 01:15:11,306 a jet. They bought an 499 01:15:11,306 --> 01:15:13,509 aircraft and they kind of share it. 500 01:15:13,509 --> 01:15:15,043 They rotate it as buddies. They're kind 501 01:15:15,043 --> 01:15:16,245 of like, oh, you know, this 502 01:15:16,245 --> 01:15:17,212 is my week, so I'm going to 503 01:15:17,246 --> 01:15:18,780 take it, you know, and this is my week. 504 01:15:18,780 --> 01:15:19,414 So that's how they kind 505 01:15:19,414 --> 01:15:20,048 of have their calendar. 506 01:15:20,516 --> 01:15:20,716 Okay. 507 01:15:20,983 --> 01:15:24,353 Who has it on the week. So not in one of 508 01:15:24,353 --> 01:15:25,954 them was like, on my weeks, 509 01:15:25,954 --> 01:15:27,055 if I'm not doing anything, 510 01:15:27,556 --> 01:15:29,124 I want to help Ken. Yeah. 511 01:15:29,658 --> 01:15:30,759 So it was no. 512 01:15:30,993 --> 01:15:32,327 Well, I mean, I'm just thinking about 513 01:15:32,327 --> 01:15:34,963 this. Like if I'm in their seat, right? 514 01:15:34,963 --> 01:15:35,230 Right. 515 01:15:35,330 --> 01:15:37,232 And I have the ability to help somebody 516 01:15:37,232 --> 01:15:40,202 in that way. One, I'm going 517 01:15:40,202 --> 01:15:41,703 to be able to know that I'm 518 01:15:41,970 --> 01:15:44,106 doing my part to help people. Right. 519 01:15:44,106 --> 01:15:44,973 Which makes me feel good 520 01:15:44,973 --> 01:15:46,341 about things. But two, it's like, 521 01:15:46,375 --> 01:15:47,609 I might make a new friend. 522 01:15:48,744 --> 01:15:50,746 I think that's what people need to hear. 523 01:15:50,746 --> 01:15:52,247 They need to hear that side of that. Yes, 524 01:15:52,247 --> 01:15:54,016 you're doing your part in giving back, 525 01:15:54,016 --> 01:15:55,317 right? You are. You're 526 01:15:55,317 --> 01:15:56,718 filling a seat with hope. That's 527 01:15:56,718 --> 01:15:59,154 our saying. You're, you know, saving a 528 01:15:59,154 --> 01:16:00,756 life, but you don't know 529 01:16:00,756 --> 01:16:02,824 who you can meet. And for me, 530 01:16:02,824 --> 01:16:04,826 I've been sitting here this whole time 531 01:16:04,826 --> 01:16:05,427 and I probably even 532 01:16:05,427 --> 01:16:06,795 haven't smiled this much. But for 533 01:16:06,795 --> 01:16:08,797 me, that's the part that I love about it. 534 01:16:08,797 --> 01:16:10,599 Because that's when we get the phone 535 01:16:10,599 --> 01:16:11,333 calls from the patient 536 01:16:11,466 --> 01:16:14,436 saying it was just the best experience. 537 01:16:14,670 --> 01:16:15,570 They sat with me, they 538 01:16:15,570 --> 01:16:17,172 listened to me, you know, 539 01:16:17,172 --> 01:16:19,241 because I think there's a negative stigma 540 01:16:19,241 --> 01:16:22,277 around individuals 541 01:16:22,277 --> 01:16:24,446 who own private jets or 542 01:16:25,147 --> 01:16:28,383 aviation. You know, so your average 543 01:16:28,383 --> 01:16:30,652 person doesn't think that these, that 544 01:16:30,652 --> 01:16:31,787 they want to do good. 545 01:16:31,787 --> 01:16:32,387 Yeah. Right. 546 01:16:32,387 --> 01:16:34,056 But they do. And then when they get that 547 01:16:34,056 --> 01:16:35,991 experience to sit on their aircraft and 548 01:16:35,991 --> 01:16:37,225 talk to them and feel 549 01:16:37,225 --> 01:16:38,927 like it's just normal and it's just 550 01:16:38,927 --> 01:16:41,229 natural. Yeah. I don't think people 551 01:16:41,229 --> 01:16:42,030 understand what that means 552 01:16:42,030 --> 01:16:43,932 to the patient. Yeah. And we see it 553 01:16:43,932 --> 01:16:45,267 because we get essays long 554 01:16:45,267 --> 01:16:47,769 of thank yous and stories and, 555 01:16:47,769 --> 01:16:49,938 you know, pictures of the whole crew with 556 01:16:49,938 --> 01:16:51,306 the patient. Yeah. So 557 01:16:51,306 --> 01:16:52,874 it's amazing. And that's the 558 01:16:52,874 --> 01:16:54,676 bright side. And I'm sure that goes both 559 01:16:54,676 --> 01:16:55,811 ways too. I'm sure the people 560 01:16:55,811 --> 01:16:57,546 who own the jets and fly the 561 01:16:57,546 --> 01:17:00,582 jets and operate the jets, that they're 562 01:17:00,582 --> 01:17:01,717 happy to make the connection 563 01:17:01,717 --> 01:17:03,452 as well. I mean, that I would 564 01:17:03,485 --> 01:17:05,621 be, you know, if it were my jet, I would 565 01:17:05,621 --> 01:17:07,055 be like, yeah, come on. 566 01:17:07,422 --> 01:17:08,690 Yeah. And, you know, sometimes, 567 01:17:08,957 --> 01:17:10,192 sometimes, you know, a lot of the 568 01:17:10,192 --> 01:17:13,228 flights, the person who owns it isn't on 569 01:17:13,228 --> 01:17:14,296 the flight sometimes, 570 01:17:14,630 --> 01:17:18,266 not always, but you're, you're, you're 571 01:17:18,266 --> 01:17:19,668 making a difference because you've 572 01:17:19,668 --> 01:17:20,569 offered your aircraft, 573 01:17:20,569 --> 01:17:22,404 whether you're on it or not, you're doing 574 01:17:22,404 --> 01:17:24,706 great. We appreciate you. 575 01:17:24,706 --> 01:17:26,141 We want more people like you. 576 01:17:26,375 --> 01:17:27,809 Yeah. And we just, you know, we just want 577 01:17:27,809 --> 01:17:28,744 to help. And it's, 578 01:17:28,744 --> 01:17:29,811 again, you know, and I think, 579 01:17:30,312 --> 01:17:32,080 I think what might block it sometimes 580 01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:35,584 too, is what's the legalities behind 581 01:17:35,584 --> 01:17:36,752 this? Like, you know, 582 01:17:36,752 --> 01:17:39,921 what am I getting into? You know, is this 583 01:17:39,921 --> 01:17:41,556 going to cost me? Is this something 584 01:17:41,556 --> 01:17:42,524 extra? That's certainly 585 01:17:42,524 --> 01:17:45,727 a question that, you know, yeah. Do I 586 01:17:45,727 --> 01:17:48,330 need to have some kind of 587 01:17:48,330 --> 01:17:49,731 waiver special? Yeah. Is there 588 01:17:49,731 --> 01:17:51,099 like an insurance you get in or 589 01:17:51,099 --> 01:17:54,002 something? No, like, so that's all I can 590 01:17:54,002 --> 01:17:55,303 really say to them is 591 01:17:55,404 --> 01:17:57,606 you're already operating. It's just one 592 01:17:57,606 --> 01:17:58,707 person you're adding to the 593 01:17:58,707 --> 01:17:59,875 manifest. We've handled that 594 01:17:59,975 --> 01:18:02,344 side. If you have a waiver that you 595 01:18:02,344 --> 01:18:04,046 specifically have for your 596 01:18:04,046 --> 01:18:05,747 passengers on your aircraft, 597 01:18:06,248 --> 01:18:08,083 we will make sure our passengers sign it. 598 01:18:08,083 --> 01:18:09,051 We will have them do whatever 599 01:18:09,051 --> 01:18:10,786 it is you need them to do to 600 01:18:10,786 --> 01:18:14,256 get on. Just in terms of liability. Yeah. 601 01:18:15,290 --> 01:18:16,725 So that has sometimes 602 01:18:16,725 --> 01:18:18,026 blocked it, but then once the 603 01:18:18,026 --> 01:18:20,062 conversation is had and they kind of 604 01:18:20,062 --> 01:18:21,329 understand it, or they meet 605 01:18:21,329 --> 01:18:22,664 somebody else who is a partner 606 01:18:23,331 --> 01:18:24,833 and you know, they're like, listen, it's 607 01:18:24,833 --> 01:18:26,168 a breeze and you just feel 608 01:18:26,168 --> 01:18:27,369 so amazing once you're done. 609 01:18:27,969 --> 01:18:29,504 And then that person will come back and 610 01:18:29,504 --> 01:18:30,539 say, oh, I talked to so 611 01:18:30,539 --> 01:18:32,207 and so, and he just did a 612 01:18:32,340 --> 01:18:34,109 corporate angel network flight. I'm 613 01:18:34,109 --> 01:18:35,510 ready. Yeah. You know, so 614 01:18:35,510 --> 01:18:36,945 sometimes it's them speaking to a 615 01:18:36,945 --> 01:18:39,147 partner already that kind of explains to 616 01:18:39,147 --> 01:18:41,116 them how simple it is. Yeah. 617 01:18:41,416 --> 01:18:43,452 And we will cater to all of 618 01:18:43,452 --> 01:18:45,587 our partners. Some are very, you know, 619 01:18:46,455 --> 01:18:48,190 you, you can show up whenever 620 01:18:48,190 --> 01:18:49,424 you want. You can, you know, 621 01:18:49,725 --> 01:18:51,259 we'll, we'll depart whenever you need us 622 01:18:51,259 --> 01:18:52,494 to, you know, it's all 623 01:18:52,494 --> 01:18:53,395 different types. And then there's 624 01:18:53,395 --> 01:18:55,063 some that it's very strict. I'm going for 625 01:18:55,063 --> 01:18:55,864 business. You know, I 626 01:18:55,864 --> 01:18:58,033 need that passenger here 627 01:18:58,266 --> 01:19:00,969 two hours before we will make sure all of 628 01:19:00,969 --> 01:19:02,070 that is done. Don't ever 629 01:19:02,070 --> 01:19:03,405 worry about it. Yeah. You know, 630 01:19:03,405 --> 01:19:04,906 like we'll make it easy for them. We just 631 01:19:04,906 --> 01:19:06,308 want them to open the 632 01:19:06,308 --> 01:19:08,043 door and let them get on. So 633 01:19:08,043 --> 01:19:09,144 you're telling me a story about somebody 634 01:19:09,144 --> 01:19:10,212 that needed a transplant. 635 01:19:10,612 --> 01:19:11,346 Can you, can you go into 636 01:19:11,346 --> 01:19:13,582 that for us? Sure. So we had a one year 637 01:19:13,582 --> 01:19:15,117 old boy, a little over 638 01:19:15,117 --> 01:19:17,552 one. Um, his mother and father 639 01:19:17,552 --> 01:19:19,688 reached out to us. They had been waiting 640 01:19:19,688 --> 01:19:21,323 for a liver transplant for a 641 01:19:21,323 --> 01:19:22,991 very long time. And that's, 642 01:19:23,024 --> 01:19:26,228 um, timely. Like you have to get there 643 01:19:26,228 --> 01:19:27,395 when they need you there. You 644 01:19:27,395 --> 01:19:29,898 have to, so we were able to, 645 01:19:29,898 --> 01:19:30,899 because when somebody, when a liver 646 01:19:30,899 --> 01:19:32,968 becomes available, it's like, this 647 01:19:32,968 --> 01:19:33,935 thing's on ice. Yeah. 648 01:19:34,603 --> 01:19:36,304 Time to go. Yeah. And of course, cancer 649 01:19:36,304 --> 01:19:38,073 related, you know, his, his cancer 650 01:19:38,073 --> 01:19:39,474 diagnosis kind of led to, 651 01:19:39,641 --> 01:19:41,409 you know, this liver failure and needing 652 01:19:41,409 --> 01:19:42,844 the transplant. Yeah. So, 653 01:19:42,844 --> 01:19:44,412 um, it wasn't that easy. 654 01:19:44,412 --> 01:19:46,915 It wasn't, we just need to go me, mom and 655 01:19:46,915 --> 01:19:48,683 dad. No, it was, we need 656 01:19:48,683 --> 01:19:49,584 to be there for a while 657 01:19:49,951 --> 01:19:52,354 because post surgery of a transplant, 658 01:19:52,788 --> 01:19:53,555 we'll have you there for 659 01:19:53,555 --> 01:19:55,290 about six weeks or more. Right. 660 01:19:55,290 --> 01:19:56,224 Because they've got to make sure it 661 01:19:56,224 --> 01:19:57,125 doesn't get rejected. They've 662 01:19:57,125 --> 01:19:58,260 got to give them all kinds of 663 01:19:58,260 --> 01:20:00,195 medication, right? All sorts of. So kind 664 01:20:00,195 --> 01:20:01,563 of unique scenario, because 665 01:20:01,563 --> 01:20:04,766 this was, we need to get more 666 01:20:04,766 --> 01:20:07,836 than the normal amount of people that we 667 01:20:07,836 --> 01:20:08,937 get to treatment. We need to 668 01:20:08,937 --> 01:20:09,871 get the whole family there. 669 01:20:09,871 --> 01:20:14,476 Gotcha. So he also had a newborn sibling. 670 01:20:14,709 --> 01:20:16,611 Oh wow. Right. So mom is 671 01:20:16,611 --> 01:20:17,412 dealing with the sibling. 672 01:20:18,046 --> 01:20:21,049 Yeah. This diagnosis as well. You know, 673 01:20:21,049 --> 01:20:22,450 you're battling. I don't 674 01:20:22,450 --> 01:20:23,852 want to just have dad take him. 675 01:20:23,952 --> 01:20:25,620 Yeah. You know, we can, we all go, is 676 01:20:25,620 --> 01:20:27,789 there. So we ended up 677 01:20:27,789 --> 01:20:29,891 getting them, um, via net jet. 678 01:20:30,292 --> 01:20:32,727 So this is a part of our donation. Great. 679 01:20:32,727 --> 01:20:34,596 So monetary is also net 680 01:20:34,596 --> 01:20:37,465 jet hours that we love and 681 01:20:37,465 --> 01:20:40,335 accept with open arms, because sometimes 682 01:20:40,335 --> 01:20:41,236 we do have the need of 683 01:20:41,236 --> 01:20:42,971 putting a very immunocompromised 684 01:20:43,004 --> 01:20:46,308 patient on a plane by themselves. So in 685 01:20:46,308 --> 01:20:47,275 this instance, we were 686 01:20:47,275 --> 01:20:48,410 able to pack up the whole 687 01:20:48,410 --> 01:20:50,879 family, get them there at whatever time 688 01:20:50,879 --> 01:20:51,947 they needed to get there, 689 01:20:51,947 --> 01:20:53,048 whatever day they needed to 690 01:20:53,048 --> 01:20:54,950 get there with all of their stuff 691 01:20:54,950 --> 01:20:56,651 included. So no real 692 01:20:56,651 --> 01:20:58,386 restriction on you can only bring, 693 01:20:58,520 --> 01:21:00,555 you know, one bag being that they were 694 01:21:00,555 --> 01:21:01,256 staying there for six 695 01:21:01,256 --> 01:21:04,159 weeks. So we got them there. Um, 696 01:21:04,359 --> 01:21:06,228 they were there for the six weeks. They 697 01:21:06,228 --> 01:21:07,229 reached out towards the 698 01:21:07,229 --> 01:21:09,631 end. Um, and everything was 699 01:21:09,631 --> 01:21:12,434 successful, doing good, got them back. 700 01:21:13,335 --> 01:21:15,871 And he's in remission. He's doing 701 01:21:15,871 --> 01:21:17,572 amazing. And we get to see 702 01:21:17,572 --> 01:21:20,175 that. So that's a win for me because, you 703 01:21:20,175 --> 01:21:21,142 know, yes, there's longer 704 01:21:21,142 --> 01:21:22,577 journeys that we follow where 705 01:21:22,577 --> 01:21:24,512 it's not that, you know, we haven't had 706 01:21:24,512 --> 01:21:25,447 to fly this patient ever 707 01:21:25,447 --> 01:21:26,715 again. It was a one and done, 708 01:21:27,015 --> 01:21:29,084 but it was a win. And even though we love 709 01:21:29,084 --> 01:21:30,118 what we do and we want to 710 01:21:30,118 --> 01:21:31,086 do it every day, we went, 711 01:21:31,353 --> 01:21:32,654 we love to hear that you don't need our 712 01:21:32,654 --> 01:21:33,889 service anymore. Oh yeah. 713 01:21:34,189 --> 01:21:35,223 You know, so it was a huge one 714 01:21:35,257 --> 01:21:37,192 for us. It was a celebration. You know, 715 01:21:37,192 --> 01:21:38,660 we follow his page. We, we 716 01:21:38,660 --> 01:21:40,228 look at him growing, you know, 717 01:21:40,528 --> 01:21:42,264 now he has this cute little Mohawk. He's 718 01:21:42,264 --> 01:21:43,632 just full of life. And that's 719 01:21:43,632 --> 01:21:44,933 a win for us. Yeah. For sure. 720 01:21:45,433 --> 01:21:47,736 What would it have cost them to do that 721 01:21:47,736 --> 01:21:48,904 on their own? Would they 722 01:21:48,904 --> 01:21:50,472 made it to it if we didn't offer 723 01:21:50,472 --> 01:21:53,174 that? Yeah. So I wonder, so that's, 724 01:21:53,408 --> 01:21:54,676 that's the wins for us. And 725 01:21:54,676 --> 01:21:56,511 you know, even if, you know, 726 01:21:56,511 --> 01:21:58,446 that scenario definitely could have been 727 01:21:58,446 --> 01:21:59,381 a corporate flight. I 728 01:21:59,381 --> 01:22:00,248 think it was just the rush 729 01:22:00,248 --> 01:22:01,516 and the need. And it was like, well, 730 01:22:01,516 --> 01:22:03,685 let's not take too long looking at 731 01:22:03,685 --> 01:22:04,753 schedules, reaching out, 732 01:22:04,753 --> 01:22:07,422 seeking approvals. We have these net jet 733 01:22:07,422 --> 01:22:09,157 hours that kind people 734 01:22:09,157 --> 01:22:11,092 donated. Yeah. Let's use that. 735 01:22:11,526 --> 01:22:12,861 And this is something that's, that's 736 01:22:12,861 --> 01:22:15,163 personal to you as well. I mean, like, 737 01:22:15,163 --> 01:22:16,331 can, can you talk about 738 01:22:16,331 --> 01:22:18,600 how you got involved with corporate angel 739 01:22:18,600 --> 01:22:19,768 network and, and kind of 740 01:22:19,768 --> 01:22:22,470 like your reason for wanting to 741 01:22:23,238 --> 01:22:25,340 do this? Yeah. And I'll make sure I don't 742 01:22:25,340 --> 01:22:26,708 get emotional. So my 743 01:22:26,708 --> 01:22:27,976 reason for wanting to do this 744 01:22:27,976 --> 01:22:29,911 is I lost my father to pancreatic cancer 745 01:22:29,911 --> 01:22:31,279 and anybody who knows 746 01:22:31,279 --> 01:22:32,847 cancer already is just a wicked 747 01:22:32,948 --> 01:22:37,152 disease and it's disgustingly spread out 748 01:22:37,152 --> 01:22:39,087 across this world. Yeah. 749 01:22:39,354 --> 01:22:41,623 Pancreatic cancer comes and 750 01:22:42,357 --> 01:22:43,692 takes you out really quickly, 751 01:22:43,992 --> 01:22:45,794 unfortunately. And nowadays 752 01:22:45,794 --> 01:22:47,829 I see the change in medicine, 753 01:22:48,029 --> 01:22:50,265 but when my dad was diagnosed with it, we 754 01:22:50,265 --> 01:22:52,634 had four months and he was a 755 01:22:52,634 --> 01:22:54,035 retired diplomat and he was 756 01:22:54,035 --> 01:22:57,472 living in Ethiopia where he's from. So 757 01:22:57,472 --> 01:22:59,107 there wasn't the right 758 01:22:59,107 --> 01:23:00,875 care and not saying we don't 759 01:23:00,942 --> 01:23:02,177 currently don't do any international 760 01:23:02,177 --> 01:23:04,312 flight, but bringing him here to the US, 761 01:23:05,413 --> 01:23:08,016 was too late after wasting so much time 762 01:23:08,016 --> 01:23:09,351 in an area that didn't have the 763 01:23:09,351 --> 01:23:10,819 treatment. By the time that 764 01:23:10,819 --> 01:23:14,456 he got here, it was too late. So, you 765 01:23:14,456 --> 01:23:17,525 know, I lost my dad at 15 and I lived a 766 01:23:17,525 --> 01:23:18,526 life of trying to figure 767 01:23:18,593 --> 01:23:23,131 out what can I do to give back to the 768 01:23:23,131 --> 01:23:25,233 cancer community. But in my 769 01:23:25,233 --> 01:23:26,835 wild years, remember I lost 770 01:23:26,868 --> 01:23:29,237 my 15. I kind of didn't really know what 771 01:23:29,237 --> 01:23:30,238 I wanted to do. I needed to 772 01:23:30,238 --> 01:23:32,073 get my life together. Sure. So 773 01:23:33,174 --> 01:23:35,810 did a couple, you know, odd end jobs and, 774 01:23:35,810 --> 01:23:36,611 you know, found my 775 01:23:36,611 --> 01:23:37,545 place in administrative 776 01:23:37,946 --> 01:23:40,148 and then looked up. I needed a change and 777 01:23:40,148 --> 01:23:41,349 I literally, you know, 778 01:23:42,484 --> 01:23:43,251 don't anybody think I'd 779 01:23:43,251 --> 01:23:45,286 just walk out of jobs, but I left my job 780 01:23:45,286 --> 01:23:45,954 before a corporate 781 01:23:45,954 --> 01:23:47,088 angel. I've done it before. 782 01:23:48,189 --> 01:23:50,859 Because I did not feel complete. I didn't 783 01:23:50,859 --> 01:23:51,826 feel like I was doing 784 01:23:51,826 --> 01:23:53,428 what made me happy. Yeah. And 785 01:23:55,630 --> 01:23:57,866 it worked out. I really feel like 786 01:23:57,866 --> 01:23:58,733 everything happens for a 787 01:23:58,733 --> 01:24:00,702 reason. And they had an opening 788 01:24:00,769 --> 01:24:02,704 as a flight scheduler and I kind of 789 01:24:02,704 --> 01:24:03,571 looked at it at first and 790 01:24:03,571 --> 01:24:04,706 was like, I could do this in my 791 01:24:04,706 --> 01:24:06,207 sleep. Let me apply for it. You know, 792 01:24:06,441 --> 01:24:07,509 it's something. But then 793 01:24:07,509 --> 01:24:08,810 before my interview with them 794 01:24:08,910 --> 01:24:11,246 is when I really looked in to who they 795 01:24:11,246 --> 01:24:13,214 were. Yeah. And I said, 796 01:24:13,214 --> 01:24:15,050 Oh, this is it. Like, yeah, 797 01:24:15,283 --> 01:24:17,185 if I can't get this now, mind you, it was 798 01:24:17,185 --> 01:24:18,253 a temporary position 799 01:24:18,253 --> 01:24:19,287 they were looking for. 800 01:24:19,320 --> 01:24:20,889 Okay. But I'm going to go in there and 801 01:24:20,889 --> 01:24:21,923 I'm going to give it my all. 802 01:24:21,923 --> 01:24:22,657 Because this is what I want 803 01:24:22,690 --> 01:24:24,726 to do for the rest of my career. Yeah. 804 01:24:24,726 --> 01:24:25,627 And if it could be that, 805 01:24:25,894 --> 01:24:28,229 I hope that it is. So I'm 806 01:24:28,229 --> 01:24:30,131 connected to it mainly because of my 807 01:24:30,131 --> 01:24:31,966 father. I have two sisters 808 01:24:31,966 --> 01:24:33,668 that had a cancer diagnosis 809 01:24:33,668 --> 01:24:36,104 during COVID around the COVID time. So 810 01:24:36,104 --> 01:24:37,806 that was difficult as well. I mean, 811 01:24:37,806 --> 01:24:38,907 they're great. They're 812 01:24:39,074 --> 01:24:41,509 clear of it all. But it's close to my 813 01:24:41,509 --> 01:24:42,777 family and you know, on my 814 01:24:42,777 --> 01:24:44,345 mom's side, on my dad's side. 815 01:24:45,313 --> 01:24:47,415 And I just want to give back to that 816 01:24:47,415 --> 01:24:48,883 community. It hurts. It's 817 01:24:48,883 --> 01:24:50,585 hard. Yeah. And you know, 818 01:24:51,386 --> 01:24:54,255 my dad was fortunate enough to be able to 819 01:24:54,255 --> 01:24:55,957 get himself to where he needed to be. 820 01:24:56,558 --> 01:24:59,894 But not everybody is. Yeah. So if I can 821 01:24:59,894 --> 01:25:01,463 work to do that, so you can 822 01:25:01,463 --> 01:25:02,964 get to this modernized care, 823 01:25:03,398 --> 01:25:05,200 because treatment has changed now from 824 01:25:05,200 --> 01:25:08,036 when 1998, my dad died to 825 01:25:08,036 --> 01:25:09,604 now treatment is different. I 826 01:25:09,604 --> 01:25:11,339 watched people live with the cancer he 827 01:25:11,339 --> 01:25:14,943 had years. So, you know, if I can get 828 01:25:14,943 --> 01:25:15,710 people to that treatment 829 01:25:15,710 --> 01:25:18,780 and give them longer lives, not just me, 830 01:25:18,780 --> 01:25:19,914 the whole team, I mean, 831 01:25:19,914 --> 01:25:20,915 we're a small but mighty team. 832 01:25:20,915 --> 01:25:22,984 We're five employees. Yeah. But we may, 833 01:25:22,984 --> 01:25:23,985 we just want to make magic 834 01:25:23,985 --> 01:25:25,353 happen. We want to fill seeds 835 01:25:25,353 --> 01:25:28,089 with hope. That's, I can't think of a, 836 01:25:28,523 --> 01:25:29,491 yeah, that's, that's a noble 837 01:25:29,491 --> 01:25:30,725 car. I can't think of any better 838 01:25:30,758 --> 01:25:33,328 reason to, to want to, you know, fill a 839 01:25:33,328 --> 01:25:34,529 seat. Right. And I hope 840 01:25:34,529 --> 01:25:35,763 with this, that, that it gets 841 01:25:35,763 --> 01:25:37,532 out there to some people and I hope so 842 01:25:37,532 --> 01:25:39,634 too. Yep. Realize. I hope so 843 01:25:39,634 --> 01:25:42,003 too. What's in the future for, 844 01:25:42,070 --> 01:25:44,806 for for the future. Because, you know, 845 01:25:45,673 --> 01:25:46,508 you're talking about, 846 01:25:46,508 --> 01:25:47,575 well, now, now we've got, 847 01:25:47,876 --> 01:25:49,944 we're opening it up to the turbo props. 848 01:25:50,812 --> 01:25:53,381 This year is going to be a big year for 849 01:25:53,381 --> 01:25:54,182 private jet ownership. 850 01:25:54,549 --> 01:25:56,251 Right. There's, you know, we've, we've 851 01:25:56,251 --> 01:25:57,352 talked in other, in other 852 01:25:57,352 --> 01:25:58,453 shows that we've done about 853 01:25:58,453 --> 01:26:00,688 bonus depreciation and people like now is 854 01:26:00,688 --> 01:26:01,923 like the right time to 855 01:26:01,923 --> 01:26:03,725 get into private aviation. 856 01:26:03,892 --> 01:26:06,494 If you've been waiting, what would you 857 01:26:06,494 --> 01:26:07,162 say to all the people 858 01:26:07,162 --> 01:26:08,129 that are like new jet owners? 859 01:26:08,596 --> 01:26:09,998 I would want you to be thinking about 860 01:26:09,998 --> 01:26:12,200 what more I can do with this 861 01:26:12,200 --> 01:26:14,369 asset that I own. So what more 862 01:26:14,369 --> 01:26:16,771 can I do if I have, if I have a giving 863 01:26:16,771 --> 01:26:19,707 attitude, well, I could use 864 01:26:19,707 --> 01:26:21,009 my jet. I don't have to not 865 01:26:21,242 --> 01:26:23,444 only donate to a cause, you know, 866 01:26:23,845 --> 01:26:25,480 monetarily, I could utilize 867 01:26:25,480 --> 01:26:27,448 my jet and I can actually take 868 01:26:27,448 --> 01:26:30,718 the patient to their care. So, you know, 869 01:26:30,718 --> 01:26:32,654 and you'll hear us always say it's a line 870 01:26:32,654 --> 01:26:33,388 we use all the time, 871 01:26:33,621 --> 01:26:35,390 fill a seat with hope. So if you have 872 01:26:35,390 --> 01:26:36,424 this asset, you're already 873 01:26:36,424 --> 01:26:37,358 planning to go somewhere. 874 01:26:37,892 --> 01:26:39,394 You're just taking along a special guest. 875 01:26:39,761 --> 01:26:41,095 Yeah. I can't think of a 876 01:26:41,095 --> 01:26:42,230 better reason to fill an empty 877 01:26:42,230 --> 01:26:45,433 seat on a jet than, uh, than saving a 878 01:26:45,433 --> 01:26:46,501 life. That's right. 879 01:26:46,501 --> 01:26:48,102 Right. So getting a child back 880 01:26:48,102 --> 01:26:50,605 home to his family, right? The father 881 01:26:50,605 --> 01:26:53,541 back home to his wife and his kids. So 882 01:26:53,541 --> 01:26:54,475 it's corporate angel 883 01:26:54,475 --> 01:26:56,244 network. We'll link to the website and 884 01:26:56,244 --> 01:26:58,012 the social channels, uh, in 885 01:26:58,012 --> 01:26:58,846 the, in the description of the 886 01:26:58,846 --> 01:27:00,515 episode. Thank you so much for joining 887 01:27:00,515 --> 01:27:04,352 us, Rebecca, and join us next time for 888 01:27:04,352 --> 01:27:05,220 another episode of own 889 01:27:05,253 --> 01:27:07,322 the jet. Thank you for watching own the 890 01:27:07,322 --> 01:27:08,389 jet. 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