NetJets Working on CASS Approval?

[gunfyter]

I will be very surprised if NJ does not get CrewPass. What if we want to have jumpseaters?

 

[Skippy]

We have probably hired at least 1000 furloughed 121 pilots. Thats a guess.

really? In the past , say 5-7 months?

 

[gunfyter]

Most of the furloughed pilots came after 9/11. Probably more than 200 each from Comair, Midway and Independence. Some TWA ... United ... and Northwest. Emory, Kalitta... etc..

I don't know how many of the 300 or so pilots hired in 2008 were furloughed 121. No doubt some were.

Former furloughed pilots might be the largest demographic of NJA pilots.... Either that or military.

However the word is hiring has ceased as of this month.

 

[JungleJett]

I should take a moment to see if I have a NJA pilot on board and make sure the whole crew makes him/her feel extra special.

Now we are getting somewhere!

 

[Allen1]

Good point. Don't fractionals operate under part 91? If so, there is no difference between them and other GA pilots.

Well we do a lot of part 135.

 

[Allen1]

Yeahhh...before you guys were always saying that you don't WANT to hire airline guys because they don't know how to "provide the kind of service" your company expects...now you've got 1,000 furloughs from the majors. Dream on

Dude you really are an idiot and don't know anything about NetJets. Do you have any idea how many ex 121 pilots furloughed and retired that work here? I think a thousand is a pretty conservative estimate. I'm ex 121 along with most everyone else I've flown with here is. You're a true idiot. I hold nothing against any 121 pilots and also have no interest in jumpseating. Apparently some 121 pilots have issues with us though.

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Dude you really are an idiot and don't know anything about NetJets. Do you have any idea how many ex 121 pilots furloughed and retired that work here? I think a thousand is a pretty conservative estimate. I'm ex 121 along with most everyone else I've flown with here is. You're a true idiot. I hold nothing against any 121 pilots and also have no interest in jumpseating. Apparently some 121 pilots have issues with us though.

Don't worry! Voice of reason=Voice of whining!

 

[CA1900]

... company says lets require all new pilots to live in a major airline hub, or all, that way we can begin on day one with a one leg flight to assignment.

They tried it, with paid tickets, even. It didn't work, which is why we've gone to the 100 bases. They're not airline hubs, but they're generally well-served by the airlines, which is all that really matters for our operation.

When you say, but I live in peoria, they say, too bad, jumpseat. That is in essence how the 121 world works now!

Yup. Jumping to work is one of the things I don't miss about 121! (The fact that they closed every domicile I moved to didn't help the cause... :laugh

 

[imacdog]

Some large corporate clients do care more about the operation and quite selflessly want to be part of the solution. They aren't pilots and they aren't seeking (what amounts to) extraordinarily priviledged treatment. You've been among the least attentive and dejected group of customers any airline has. And you've been that way for a long time. When you compare this to what you asking for it is really unbelievable.

The only people who should get what you're asking for should do so because they want to act out of an abundance of regard for the entire operation. You're about the furthest thing from that.

I'm about done with this thread. I don't think I've even made a dent. Airline staff is supposed to treat you NJA guys like you are their favorite plant and if you choose to treat them as a housepet that's suppose to be OK. I'm guessing that's how you're treated so you want to project it onto us. Fine. I'll remind myself that each and every flight I should take a moment to see if I have a NJA pilot on board and make sure the whole crew makes him/her feel extra special.

I like you Flopgut. Let's be friends. :beer: Your method of thinking is entirely logical and not filled with hate. It would be an honor and a priviledge to ride in the back of your airplane anytime.

 

[Flopgut]

I like you Flopgut. Let's be friends. :beer: Your method of thinking is entirely logical and not filled with hate. It would be an honor and a priviledge to ride in the back of your airplane anytime.

K. Uhhh. Not sure I was ready for that, But...Cool!! You bet!! Thank you, and likewise Sir. It would very much be a priviledge to ride on your airplane.

It would make perfect sense that NJA pilots be a known quantity in the back. That way when the PA rings and the FAs says "the passenger in 23A says something fell off the airplane", and you're the guy in 23A, we'll know we have something actionable. Which is a sharp contrast to what it usually is: a mental patient or a nine year old. (We don't write them off entirely, but they are usually unreliable)