Sandpiper Air is a Nantucket-based business and operates out of Tom Nevers Field. Prior to 1987 the business was called Sconset Air, owned by two pilots who were run out of business for running afoul of the prominent Kingsbury family. In 1987 the route and counter formerly used by Sconset Air were acquired by Joe Hackett. The concept of Sandpiper Air had been considered by Joe Hackett for a long time prior to it getting off the ground. As a child he loved flying, and as a teen he took aviation lessons. When he grew up Joe worked as a corporate jet pilot until he amassed enough capital to strike out on his own. The original idea for Sandpiper had been slightly different than what became reality. Joe had been dating a woman named Carol, and his plans were to run Sandpiper as a "mom & pop" sm