Bombardier to sell 120 planes to NETJETS???

[exagony]

Can the 400 takeoff from ASE and go non-stop tp TEB with an average load? Can it make SMO to ORF with a good wind?

Better question - can it make TEB - JFK nonstop? jk...

 

[brokeflyer]

Chime in b19's "I told you everything I said would happen" thread.

The industry leading contract is really sinking that place.

 

[DUATS]

Not a good day to be a flexjet pilot however...

Even worse day to be a furloughed Flexjet pilot. Any illusions I had of getting a chance to come back just left the building. I think NJ will evenutally buy FJ, and the key question will be "What 85 pilots?"

 

[ArtVandalay]

A good company that is truly loyal to its employees; the conversation really would have went down like this:

Pierre: Could we have ignored the order?
Sokol: Ignore the order??
Pierre: Or just forget it?
Sokol: NO.
Pierre: Can I think, "The old man is wrong"?
Pierre: Any chance our men could ignore the order?
Sokol: Ever been in a plane, son?
Pierre: Yes.
Sokol: Ever served drinks in an airplane?
Pierre: No.
Sokol: Ever put your butt on the line for your employees, and theirs in yours?
Pierre: No.
Sokol: We order airplanes, son. Otherwise, people lose their jobs. It's that simple. Are we clear?
Pierre: Crystal.
Pierre: One more question. If you order these Globals, and your orders are always followed, then why do we need Flexjet??

 

[HiSpeedFlyer]

Better question - can it make TEB - JFK nonstop? jk...

Only with a fuel stop in LGA, CB.

 

[CALRepublic]

DUATS, Artvandalay, you guys mind connecting the dots for me...I'm not arguing here just wondering what makes you guys believe this order is a huge blow for flexjet?

Why is this NJA bombardier order so "bad"?? comments like " flexjets guys work on our resumes", "Flexjet has managment but no leaders" "no chance for flexjet recalls", etc.. i find it hard to believe that an external affair can have so much impact on internal matters at flexjet... Would you guys be singing the same song had Sokol ordered more Gulfstreams or Falcons???

As far as NJA buying Flexjet- I'm about to start my 7th year at Netjets. I have not heard anything about "Netjets buying Flexjet". With 495 pilots on furlough I doubt Sokol wants to stir that pot by adding a few hundred more, and 3 more fleet types.

 

[johnsonrod]

This particular Global cockpit looks a bit dated by today's standards (i.e., Planeview in the G450/550) but I have seen worse:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Bomb...76680/L/&sid=a18fa0e3f8e9e868cbfb571d68984cb7

Did the press release say you guys would be getting a newer avionics package? What was it called - Global Vision? Will all of your Globals have the new cockpit? At least it looks wide and more roomy for those longer flights...

Check out this Global XRS video (clearly an advertisement - I am sure the Gulfstream fans will disagree with many of the "best in the world" claims) - the brief cockpit review is roughly at 3:30:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u2Z6Gq3cAw&feature=related

All in all, it looks like a nice ride with a comfy cockpit. I'll trade in my junky ERJ any time if anyone is interested...

 

[imacdog]

Hopefully the seats are more comfortable than the CRJ's.

 

[BoilerUP]

They'll all have Collins Pro Line Fusion (nee Global Vision) avionics.

 

[Heavy Set]

Check out the Global Vision Cockpit video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pQ9PEbCgPo&feature=related

Could be a lot worse. Looks like you can actually stretch out in this cockpit. I like my CL300 cockpit.

 

[wolfpackpilot]

Hopefully the seats are more comfortable than the CRJ's.

I liked those seats! Minus the fake sheep fur stuff, I thought they were nice.

Stuff yourself in the GIV seat and you'll feel like a pretzel... not a roomy cockpit.

 

[gunfyter]

Try the X seats if you like pretzels

 

[NJAowner]

G6

But the public who will buy these shares in a heavy jet want Gulfstream. I keeping hearing that hit song (not that it is good) --"Like a G6, I wanna fly in my G6, I wanna fly like my G6" -- the other doesn't have the same ring to it "I wanna fly like a Bombardier Global Express Vision XRS, like a Bombardier Global Express Vision XRS". Just doesn't sound the same.

 

[hammer2]

Try the X seats if you like pretzels

Gun, any chance you'll get a Global?

 

[gunfyter]

Gun, any chance you'll get a Global?

I doubt it unless I get it in a displacement bid. Then again, displacement bids are all we may see for a while.