Flight options questions

[Whoosh!]

We'll be lucky if we get TORO lawn mowers

 

[Frac Cap]

I never call in for the weekly message, but I was told Baboo was giving it this week and saying the current management is staying. Also he implied that we may not be getting as many Phenom 300 as quickly as expected.

What is he trying to do, increase the rate of people quiting from 7 to 14 a week? We don't want to hear current management is staying because that give us no hope of recovery, and we don't want to hear that we won't be getting replacement aircraft as quickly as hoped. That means no growth.

We just lost another 9 year X captain to Net Jets. Do they want that to continue?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE!

 

[dime line]

We'll be lucky if we get TORO lawn mowers

"Fractional lawn mowers" maybe if Sherringa was gone we could afford the "Dixie Chopper", well maybe thats part of his go foreword plan.

 

[HSDriver]

I never call in for the weekly message, but I was told Baboo was giving it this week and saying the current management is staying. Also he implied that we may not be getting as many Phenom 300 as quickly as expected.

What is he trying to do, increase the rate of people quiting from 7 to 14 a week? We don't want to hear current management is staying because that give us no hope of recovery, and we don't want to hear that we won't be getting replacement aircraft as quickly as hoped. That means no growth.

We just lost another 9 year X captain to Net Jets. Do they want that to continue?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE!

Fracap, baboo is just crying poor dad! Of course he wants you to think they cant afford to pay you what you are worth. And if HIG decides to get rid of the current management no one will know it until the day it happens. The phenoms are currently just a marketing ploy. That is meaningless to us until they are parked on the ramp. Besides, the way things are now, there will not be anyone around to fly them. The s twins just received another slap in the face from CS. One more reason to leave and go somewhere else or to not come here in the first place as a new hire. But, that is going to change soon.

 

[FR8DOG777]

Too little too late

Fracap, baboo is just crying poor dad! Of course he wants you to think they cant afford to pay you what you are worth. And if HIG decides to get rid of the current management no one will know it until the day it happens. The phenoms are currently just a marketing ploy. That is meaningless to us until they are parked on the ramp. Besides, the way things are now, there will not be anyone around to fly them. The s twins just received another slap in the face from CS. One more reason to leave and go somewhere else or to not come here in the first place as a new hire. But, that is going to change soon.

Not even a contract is going to save this company now. My six month prediction is 20-25 percent of the fleet green and uncrewed. We have a ceo abusing corprate assets running around having meetings with brown nosers and calling it a success. He thinks it will attract enough pilots to stay around in hopes of obtaining e new type rating on a jet that we are going to love because of the baggage compartment. I don't even want to work for these tools even witha decent contract and I know many others sare my same sentiments. Management has been extremely lucky with the downturn in the economy slowing the flying down, wait till it picks up again before summer, then they will be feeling the heat. Life is too short to work for A$$holes. Frac I was hoping you would stay too but I think I'm bailing with you. Good luck to all, with baboo and ms you're gonna need it.

 

[Frac Cap]

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Not even a contract is going to save this company now. My six month prediction is 20-25 percent of the fleet green and uncrewed.

I think you are right on the money with your estimate. The only aircraft we are asking people to bid into because of the lack of staffing is the hawker program. I was curious to know what the crewing level was that they felt it needed 2 additional SIC's in, and I counted only 48 SIC's on the list for a program that has about 30 to 40 aircraft in it.

The Beech jet program has a similar problem with uncrewed aircraft. But remember, an aircraft is "crewed" if only one person is present, so their numbers don't reflect reality. As a result, this puts great stress on the rest of the pilots that have to pick up the slack and fly 14 hour days with double the number of flights to cover the slack. This is wearing the crews down, and it is only a matter of time before serious mistakes happen. I was hoping HIG was going to step in and add core aircraft and additional pilots, but I guess that won't happen, because as Baboo said, management is staying in place.