

On passing his Private Pilot checkride in Warrior N621HS. A big thank you as well to his CFII Bill Watson! A big thank you as well to her CFI Dave Bickmore!Ī huge congratulations to Brendan Campbell on completing his first solo flight in Warrior N6604F. A big thank you as well to her CFI Rob Thompson and DPE Gail LaPook!Ī huge congratulations to Molly Paez on completing her first solo flight in Cessna N456ER. A big thank you as well to his CFI Natalie JanelliĬongratulations to Bradley Kuhn on passing his Instrument checkride in Warrior N32403! A huge thanks to his CFII and brother, Brandon Kuhn!Ī huge congratulations to Vivian Broughton on passing her Private Pilot checkride in Cessna N456ER. A big thank you as well to his CFII Dave Hooper!Ī huge congratulations to Karl Fruecht on completing his first solo flight in Warrior N4627F. A big thank you as well to his CFI Tony Greco and DPE Dave Monroe!Ī huge congratulations to Blake Palm on completing his first solo flight in Warrior N4627F. A big thank you as well to his CFI Kurt Salmich!Ī huge congratulations to Eric Plancon on passing his Private Pilot checkride in Warrior N621HS. A big thank you as well to his CFII Sean Stephens and DPE Dave Monroe!Ī huge congratulations to Tim Plaza on completing his first solo flight in Warrior N8116B. A big thank you as well to his CFII CFII Vinny Clesceri and DPE Dave Monroe!Ī huge congratulations to Carson Riley on passing his Private Pilot checkride in Warrior N621HS. A big thank you as well to his CFII Sean Stephens!Ī huge congratulations to Midas Bacidore on passing his Private Pilot checkride in Warrior N621HS. A big thank you as well to his CFII David Bickmore and DPE Dave Monroe!Ī huge congratulations to Josh Pavelko on completing his first solo flight in Warrior N32403. A big thank you as well to his CFI Dave Bickmore!Ī huge congratulations to Nolan Krumsee on passing his Private Pilot checkride in Cessna N456ER. “We can’t be reactive, we have to be proactive.A huge congratulations to Andrew Antos on completing his first solo flight in Warrior N4627F. “If we’re not organized, we can’t manage,” Stevens says. The company’s other offerings include a “no fees for service” declaration it adopted in 2000, and sessions on business organization and training.
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“We’ve gone from 6 employees to 18, (and) we maintain a knowledgeable, professional staff that allows us to serve our clients. “We have a very long serving staff, … our average employment is 25 years,” he says. Staying true to its small business roots keeps the fleet growing, Stevens explains. It’s fleet of more than 3,000 vehicles includes, cars, trucks, and shuttle buses. “We are fleet managers, we do everything from A to Z that our clients need.”ĬFS had revenue of $13.7 million in 2010, and serves approximately 250 businesses. “We deliver (the vehicles) whether the client is in Detroit, Lansing, Chicago, Los Angeles, or in Canada,” Stevens says.

Overall, CFS leases vehicles to businesses across the nation and in some parts of Canada. Services include advanced pricing, budgeting, vehicle ordering and delivery, along with specialty services such as mechanical assistance through a designated dealership, and maintenance for extended warranty programs. “I think that our economy is going to grow slowly, and that unemployment is going to ease gradually, but it is going to take too long.”ĬFS grew throughout Detroit by word of mouth in the mid 80’s as it started to serve small businesses beyond Highland Park, its original headquarters. “We would like to see our small effort result in the hiring 6,000 people,” Stevens says. The offer to increase staffing to 1 percent will be extended to all CFS venders and clients. We’re going to ask everybody to increase their employment to 1 percent.”įor CFS, that means adding two people to their staff of 18 in 2012, preferably those who have been unemployed for more than two years and are over the age of 50. Our obligation as a mature business is to help people find jobs. “We act as if we’re a department of our client’s company. “There are other companies out there that do what we do, of course, but they don’t do it the way we do it,” Stevens says. The company is a subsidiary of Snethkamp Automotive Group. Beginning as a small business on a mission to help other small businesses become mobile, Corporate Fleet Services has kept companies growing across the nation during the recession, and hopes to add to employment rolls, as well.Ī 30-year company veteran, Michael Stevens, vice president and general manager of Highland Park-based Corporate Fleet Services, or CFS, wanted to continue to grow the company and complete the foundational mission of sterling service that his father, Ralph Stevens, established in 1989.
