[Tn-talk] Social Flights and Smyrna

Mon Mar 12 16:52:56 UTC 2012

I live in Murfreesboro Tn, which is 15 minutes from Smyrna. smyrna does not 
have any public transportation to speak of. However, there is a Regional 
Transit Authority bus that travels through Smyrna 3 times before 8am  and 3 
times after 3pm. This service is designed  primarily to suit the needs  of 
the commuters from Rutherford County in to the Nashville area (Davidson 
County  for work. It does  make a stop in Smyrna, but you would then have to 
travel from that stop to the airport via Taxi or by reserving a scheduled 
transportation service. ---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
To: "Tennessee Talk (NFB of Tennessee Discussion)" <tn-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 10:55 AM
Subject: [Tn-talk] Social Flights and Smyrna

> 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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