Continental Blames Corporate Jets for ther delays.

[flyipilot]

The guy in the back of your jet is also making more that day than the sum total of the entire pay earned by every Netjets pilot on duty that day.

For example, Ford Motor Co. on Thursday said it awarded new Chief Executive Alan Mulally compensation of $39.1 million for four months of work in 2006, a year when the second-largest U.S. automaker posted a $12.7 billion loss.

When you guys go a vacation or visit Aunt Marge, you fly commercial just like everyone else. You might be flying on miles, but you're not in the back of a Citation X. You guys might think you live in the fast lane, but you're just hired help like the butler or the limo driver. I know....I've been there done that...TEB-ACK-BOS-ACK-HPN-MVY.....or if it's winter, TEB-PBI-MMU-FLL.................................................

Well, not necessarily true...yes, we of course fly in the back of an airliner but we also have the advantage of flying on one of our empty flights to anywhere they are going. 250 empty flights a day and most are scheduled in the computer make it a nice "private" airline. Not a sole on board.. oh, and free! It pains me to even use frequent flyer miles on an airline...somehow, even that seems a bit pricey for the outstanding customer service the airlines have built their reputations on.

 

[Cobra]

What about EWR traffic causing delays at TEB? It works both ways...

When's the last time you saw a CAL 737 make an approach and landing into TEB?

 

[realityman]

When's the last time you saw a CAL 737 make an approach and landing into TEB?

Doesn't matter. The fact that CAL is saturating the airspace NEAR and AROUND TEB is enough to cause big delays for us. Two tours ago I sat in the run-up pad at MMU for over 30 minutes, on a gorgeous sunny day, waiting for a break in the traffic flow into EWR so I could be released. 30 freaking minutes (and that could be considered a short delay considering some of the waits I've had) and I didn't see one single CAL flight touch down at MMU.

 

[RNObased]

The fact of the matter was that I was in the morning line up, waiting for takeoff on the morning this POS article came out. I was number 40 for the runway, I watched one G5 takeoff in front on me, and two biz jets land. I also know there was one biz jet behind me. Most of the traffic waiting for takeoff was RJ's. RJs everywhere.

Was the ramp crowded at Signature, yes, was the airport overrun by biz jets?? No.

The airlines have to blame their issues on someone. Biz jets are a easy target.

 

[Dep676]

The fact of the matter was that I was in the morning line up, waiting for takeoff on the morning this POS article came out. I was number 40 for the runway, I watched one G5 takeoff in front on me, and two biz jets land. I also know there was one biz jet behind me. Most of the traffic waiting for takeoff was RJ's. RJs everywhere.

Was the ramp crowded at Signature, yes, was the airport overrun by biz jets?? No.

The airlines have to blame their issues on someone. Biz jets are a easy target.

Just look at the when the airlines used 9/11 to rape the government for money. The airlines were in bad shape long before 9/11 and they just used it as an excuse for bad management. So why wouldn't they blame their delays on someone else too?