Mirage 6th Anniversary

Most of you know our story but here it is again for our new pilots.

It was 6 years ago when Jonathan Enger started Mirage Executive Charters based at KSRQ (our first hub) down in Florida. Here is an excerpt from his post about our first anniversary: “I built the original MECva website in one long 12 hour day with a vision to create something different from every other cookie cutter airline VA out there. I envisioned a place where everybody was equal to each other and where members could voice their opinions on what they wanted to see and discuss it among other pilots in the forums. Also a place where the management team was in for the joy of the members, not always themselves.” Jonathan Enger

We have come a LONG way from our small beginnings! It all started with two pilots who applied on that first day Jonathan created the website. Then more joined in that first month and many of those pilots are still flying with MECva.

Thank you to all of our pilots for flying and being a part of the community here at MECva. Your inputs and opinions on where YOU thought Mirage should go have shaped it. Over the years your input was and still is crucial to Mirage!

Next, I want to thank everyone on our management team. Thank you so much for all of your hard work; Thierry, Todd, Jeff, Bill, Jon, Jonathan S, Howie & Pat helping with routes, helping out pilots with their questions and many other things too numerous to mention here! We are blessed with a great team! You guys are the best!

Last year saw our partnership with MacAir created by Captain Mac and our own Eric G.  We are sharing pilots, DoTM flights, tours, etc.

In the end, it has been a fun six years at Mirage. We have something special here and it’s all because of you guys. Thank you so much and I look forward to many, many more years we can celebrate on March 1st!

We made the transition to phpVMS with smartCARS for our ACARS system & database just over two years ago now. Todd has been working very hard behind the scenes to make sure everything works and looks right for us. We added the Charter Ops module to join the Tour system last year. Charter Ops has become our most popular activity since pilots can create their own routes on the fly (pun intended). Eric started our DoTM program and Holiday trips for all of us; Bill has picked up the DoTM planning this year.  They have both created a lot of interest so check them out in our forum.

We are always open to your input so let us know how we are doing and suggestions for improvement. It has been an exciting year for MECva. I thank you all for your participation and contributions to our VA.  When you have time look at the finances under the About Us menu and create annual reports for each year.  Add the years up to see how much money you have earned for Mirage Executive Charters.  $394.5 million just in 2017. 

Blue Skies,