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[FR8DOG777]

You get what you pay for

The argument which appears on this board weekly that fractional owners are rich and won't miss a few extra dollars is the single worst assumption that can be made. The majority of "ultra wealthy" people I know are much cheaper than the "non ultra wealthy". If you do not believe me, just ask the waiters at a local fine restaurant. I know many an "ultra wealthy" who have spent 30 minutes arguing over a $1 local call in a hotel even though it was posted trying to argue it was unreasonable. Please, do not confuse the two.

Fly safe.[/quote]


The only thing I agree about this viewpoint is there are two types of fractional owners. The thrifty penny pinching can't miss a dime and the ones who could care less how much it costs to fly at a fractional. The pilots work harder, fly more, and have a much more dangerous job than our Corporate counterparts. These owners who do not wish to pay the extra management fees associated with having a well qualified pilot at the controls of the airplane need to go back to flying at the airlines or buy their own personal jet. This type of thinking that you allude to is very flawed. Frac pilots deserve every dime the are paid and is HARDLY up to standards of other professions. Like I said before if you can afford the tip don't eat out at expensive restaurants.

 

[B19 Flyer]

However your article about retiring 727's that should have been retired years before hardly means that NJW's husband was going to be on the streets any time soon.

You can blame unions for all that is bad with this world, that is your choice. I don't care. The fact that you can't see your way to admit that mangement also causes a lot of their own issues through stupid desisions, is pretty one sided, not to mention ignorant.

Which part of "weak economic climate, high fuel prices and increased labor costs." did you misunderstand?

I don't know if you are who they say you are, as in the dude at FLOPS, but it sounds like you have a long history of living life with blinders on.

The only blind ones are the ones that don't see how a single union can cripple an entire company and all the employees that work there.

The only flaws in management, were to agree to industry leading contracts that the union would refuse to amend until it was too late and the majors were either in bankrupcty or on the edge like American was.


FORT WORTH, Texas - AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines, Inc. and TWA Airlines LLC, said today that it expects a third quarter loss considerably larger than its second quarter loss as it continues to feel the combined effects of a weak economic climate, high fuel prices and increased labor costs. The company said that it also expects
a significant fourth quarter loss.


Remember, this was all before the 11th.

 

[B19 Flyer]

The argument which appears on this board weekly that fractional owners are rich and won't miss a few extra dollars is the single worst assumption that can be made. The majority of "ultra wealthy" people I know are much cheaper than the "non ultra wealthy". If you do not believe me, just ask the waiters at a local fine restaurant. I know many an "ultra wealthy" who have spent 30 minutes arguing over a $1 local call in a hotel even though it was posted trying to argue it was unreasonable. Please, do not confuse the two.

Fly safe.

The only thing I agree about this viewpoint is there are two types of fractional owners. The thrifty penny pinching can't miss a dime and the ones who could care less how much it costs to fly at a fractional. The pilots work harder, fly more, and have a much more dangerous job than our Corporate counterparts. These owners who do not wish to pay the extra management fees associated with having a well qualified pilot at the controls of the airplane need to go back to flying at the airlines or buy their own personal jet. This type of thinking that you allude to is very flawed. Frac pilots deserve every dime the are paid and is HARDLY up to standards of other professions. Like I said before if you can afford the tip don't eat out at expensive restaurants.[/quote]

I agree that it's demanding, I get that. By I don't understand why you feel it's more dangerous when you have more support than a normal charter operator.

 

[WabiSabi]

The only flaws in management, were to agree to industry leading contracts that the union would refuse to amend until it was too late and the majors were either in bankrupcty or on the edge like American was.

If you truly believe that management is infallible, you surely have your head up your ass. Management's flaws has been shown to you on this forum over and over.......hell, the INDUSTRY shows it to you but, you're drinking too much Kool Aid to realize it. My Bob, you sure are an ignoramus.

It's really funny win FLOPS is used as an example to try and educate you and all you do is mindlessly babble when you know nothing about FLOPS.

As for you using American as an example; your unionfacts.com or other websites that are anti union by default, of which you like to post the links, doesn't cut it.

Babble on scab, babble on.

 

[Galaxy]

I agree that it's demanding, I get that. By I don't understand why you feel it's more dangerous when you have more support than a normal charter operator.

It is more dnagerous at FLOPS because the support has no real clue on what to do.
Now for the support.. I had the displeasure of being in CGF while they were interviewing schedulers off the street. I heard this girl saying her last job was at TGIF's or ruby's as a hostess or waitress. I thought there is no way they would hire her with no aviation or organizational job experience. Next monday she was in training. I guess when you can not attract decent employees you have to settle.
Fact is Bob/B19-whoever you are FLOPS sucks. Not just FLOPS pilots know it but the industry knows it and they can only attract the lowest of experience and desperate for a job types. As for the great support people they are folks who would rather have an inside office type job than delivering hot wings. FLOPS great support, would you be refering to the aesthetics dept that ask how bad the vomit is on the carpet and sidewall from the sick kid and why can't you do another flight with owners like it is? Or when you tell them that the Cherry Air lear looks nicer than the plane you are flying they tell you it was cleaned less than 3 months ago it should still be clean.
FLOPS is a dying company. Even if HIG infused it with cash it would just prolong the inevitable. NJA has enough applications to park 80-90% of the FLOPS fleet if they hired them all. The FLOPS brand has been destroyed by lack of customer service and poor mgt decisions-not any union. The union was voted in by the pilots to protect themselves against a mgt team with documented history of pilot hatred. The QOL was taken away from the pilots piece by piece. The best way to describe it is the frog in the water analagy, if you toss a frog in hot water it will immediatly jump out but if you slowly heat the water it will remain and eventually die. The pilots don't care too much for FLOPS then who will mgt?
It is a shame that a once good company was turned from a place to hang your hat for a a career then turned into a stepping stone to a better job and is now a waiting room for a better job.
You can post your FUD here all you want but none of it will ever save FLOPS from the death that awaits them. Union or not it can not stay afloat. The captain of the ship is always to blame for incidents. Just ask the feds...

 

[jetwash]

I had the displeasure of being in CGF while they were interviewing schedulers off the street. I heard this girl saying her last job was at TGIF's or ruby's as a hostess or waitress. I thought there is no way they would hire her with no aviation or organizational job experience. Next monday she was in training.

I have already experienced the new hire dispatchers / schedulers, I know they mean well and are trying but I can't be doing their jobs for them or training them over the phone.

I have just started to ask for the PSM if I want something done right by someone who understands what it going on.

But I do occasionally like to have some fun with the new dispatchers. I would call and say something like "the RVR just went below the CATII min and our flex capacitor is Mel'd until the next C check but I can still use the VOR or GPS"
WHAT SHOULD I DO???? I need your instructions!!!!
I usually get the "Please Hold" then the, "I am going to transfer you to the PSM" It works every time

 

[NJAowner]

FR8DOG777 you misinterpreted my post (not that you are the first on the board to ever misinterpret a post). I was not saying all fractional owners are cheap ... just some. My comment was a rebuttable to the never ending proposition put forth on this board which goes something like this "Fractional owners are so rich. They will not miss an increase in fees. Therefore, we should be paid $xxx". If you look at the history of my posts you wil se I supported an increase in fractional pilot salaries. However, the thesis stated above is wrong. Fractional fees to owners can not increase ad infinitum. At some point owners will look to other methods, such as whole ownership of an aircraft. It is a very faulty assumption to assume that just becuase owners ae wealthy you can increase fees and pikot salaries.

Fly safe.

 

[netjetwife]

I'm calling you a idiot and a lunatic and basically not very bright. Every village has one, apparently. Alas, even an online community.

So you are going after NJW by saying that her husband was furloughed because of the union. I'm a target because I'm a strong advocate of 1108 and in his desperation he thought he found a weak spot. This is possibly one of the most assinine things you have posted and I have ever read. The second time he looked even more like a fool who won't accept "no" for an answer. I believe, nope I know that her husband was furloughed after the 9/11 attacks on this country. So using your very poor logic stream, the unions of this country are to blame for fanatics hijacking jets and flying them into our national landmarks and killing thousands of people???
Don't give him any ideas!

Even for someone as blinded by their hatred of unions as you are, this is complete and utter bullshi$. Her husband getting furloughed had nothing to do with the union and everything to do with crazies. MY husband has also suggested that management messed up and had hired too many pilots.

I'm waiting for you to post something intelligent one of these days, guess I will keep waiting..

You nailed it when you said B19's blinded by his hatred. Until that changes he lacks the objectivity required for a rational discussion about 1108. So while you're waiting best to keep an eye on the rising FUD water.... and grab your boots!

 

[RNObased]

The only flaws in management, were to agree to industry leading contracts that the union would refuse to amend until it was too late and the majors were either in bankrupcty or on the edge like American was.

So you are saying that mangement at American has only made ONE mistake in it's history and that was to agree to the contract before 9/11??

Hmm, that is so silly that I can't even comment. B19 until you are able to look at the flaws of both sides, we can't have a intelligent conversation. Your bias is always going to keep you from the truth.

Look at what NJAowner says, there are ALWAYS ego on both sides of a negotation, so you are telling me that you don't believe that either??

Mangement always thinks that they know exactly how to operate a jet in the safest and most efficent manner, and the pilots always think they can run the company better then the current mangement. Been that way since the beginning. Wake up and realize that there is blame to go around.

 

[dime line]

The only thing I agree about this viewpoint is there are two types of fractional owners. The thrifty penny pinching can't miss a dime and the ones who could care less how much it costs to fly at a fractional. The pilots work harder, fly more, and have a much more dangerous job than our Corporate counterparts. These owners who do not wish to pay the extra management fees associated with having a well qualified pilot at the controls of the airplane need to go back to flying at the airlines or buy their own personal jet. This type of thinking that you allude to is very flawed. Frac pilots deserve every dime the are paid and is HARDLY up to standards of other professions. Like I said before if you can afford the tip don't eat out at expensive restaurants.

I agree that it's demanding, I get that. By I don't understand why you feel it's more dangerous when you have more support than a normal charter operator.[/quote]


You call what is in CGF "Support", Dammmmmm you should be fired for being so stupid. They almost treat us as bad as you do.

Shoot for that matter look at how they treat our owners!!!!!!!