[Tn-talk] Social Flights and Smyrna

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Eric and everyone,

    First of all the name of the company is Social Flights not FlySocial. 
Their Web Site URL is:
http://www.socialflights.com

    Social Flights has over 98 private air charter operators they work with 
and the list is growing. Southwest is a commercial airline like Delta, 
United, American, etc. You would need to check with Southwest to see if they 
have flights to where you need to go this summer.

    If you want to use Social Flights you need to go to their web site to 
create an account. This procedure is made easier if you all ready have a 
Facebook account. Once you have both accounts established you can begin 
researching flights.

    In the Nashville area Social Flights operates from Rutherford County 
Airport located in Smyrna; about 30 minutes from downtown Nashville. I'd be 
curious to know if Smyrna is served by any public transportation providers. 
However the Fixed-Base Operator (Think of this as an airline terminal that 
caters to private fliers) can arrange ground transportation for passengers 
passing through this airport.  They can do on-demand flights in and out of 
Nashville International and over 1000 airports throughout the country many 
of which are not served by the airlines. This is one advantage of flying 
privately. Since aircraft of many sizes and capabilities are used to carry 
out charter missions Social Flights and other air charter firms can serve 
communities not served by the airlines.

    Keep in mind that depending on the aircraft type and the number of 
passengers traveling the cost to fly privately can be considerably higher 
than using an airline. Do your homework before making a final decision. The 
good news is that the number of public charter routes is expected to 
increase in the coming months and years bringing the cost of private air 
travel in reach of many more individuals.

    You should also check their listing of empty legs also called "One-Way 
Flights." Empty legs or "Dead-Heads" are created when an air charter company 
has dropped off passengers and needs to reposition the aircraft to another 
airport to pick up the next load of passengers or to return the plane to its 
base of operation. Since air operators don't want to fly their planes empty 
they often sell empty legs at a considerable discount off the normal rates. 
Further divide that cost by the number of individuals flying and you could 
end up paying about the same as you would if you flew on an airline. Social 
Flights sell seats on empty leg flights the cost of which can be about the 
same as an airline ticket.

    Using a service such as this could benefit members and chapters located 
in communities not served by the airlines or who do not have ground 
transportation to a major airport not to mention the many issues blind 
fliers have faced when flying commercially. Many of these are well 
documented in the Braille Monitor. A service such as Social Flights could be 
viewed as another air travel option in addition to flying on one's favorite 
airline.

    Here's hoping this gives you more information to help you understand how 
Social Flights can benefit us all. Hope to see you in Dallas this summer. 
All the best.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Calhoun" <eric at pmpmail.com>
To: <tn-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 4:06 AM
Subject: [Tn-talk] Flysocial


Hi, I'm interested in flysocial.  I'm trying to get a quote for a flight
between L.A. and Nashville International.  Does Southwest go down there?  I
want to attend Indian Creek Camp in Liberty this year.

Eric
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