AIN: Flexjet Buys UK-based FlairJet in Euro Expansion Bid

[BlueNose]

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...jet-buys-uk-based-flairjet-euro-expansion-bid

"Our acquisition of FlairJet enables us to operate a Europe-based fleet of aircraft within our system and consistent with Flexjet's service and quality standards," said Flexjet chairman Kenn Ricci.

 

[shanes123]

. He picked them for their CULTure. Some things never change.

Any Flexjet guys wake up yet??? Naaahhhhhh

 

[CALRepublic]

He claims he picked them for their culture. culture my ars...... A small struggling, insignificant phenom 300 operator has no culture.

Netjets spent a ton of money getting Netjets Europe up and running. He doesn't have that kind of money. This way is cheaper for him

 

[BlueNose]

He claims he picked them for their culture. culture my ars...... A small struggling, insignificant phenom 300 operator has no culture.

Netjets spent a ton of money getting Netjets Europe up and running. He doesn't have that kind of money. This way is cheaper for him

KR has a fundamentally different approach. It's all about the image, not performance. He got his picture in the lead for AIN, and you can bet he did it with OPM.

 

[jetmaster727]

He claims he picked them for their culture. culture my ars...... A small struggling, insignificant phenom 300 operator has no culture.

Netjets spent a ton of money getting Netjets Europe up and running. He doesn't have that kind of money. This way is cheaper for him

Seems like a smart business move to me

 

[GlorifiedCabbie]

So why is he furloughing pilots in the US?

 

[jetmaster727]

So why is he furloughing pilots in the US?

Really? You already know the answer to that question!

 

[Brit]

Got to pay for that phenom somehow.

 

[GlorifiedCabbie]

Phenoms are making money hand over fist. He spends money on all of these new ventures, but has he ever considered spending some of that money on a nose job?

 

[FracMonkey]

So why is he furloughing pilots in the US?

IMO, he doesn't need all of the pilots he has now. The Phenom is the only fleet going to Flex. Right now with the number of Phenoms on the certificate (not counting affiliate aircraft) and the planned number of deliveries one can do the math as to how many pilots the contract mandates he have for those aircraft. Right now no one knows how many planes the open fleet is going to keep, but they'll need pilots for those too, however not many.

If it were me, and my seniority number was junior to 200, I'd be dusting off the old resume.

Just my $.02

 

[GlorifiedCabbie]

Sounds like fear mongering to me. Expanding in Europe with Nextants while in the US he claims there isn't enough demand? No it's just that his reputation hasn't caught up with him in Europe yet. Moving the work to Flex is nothing more that a marketing scheme to distance himself from what he did at Options.
Any Flexjet guys wake up yet??? Time is running out.