FltOptions may buy XOjet? Really?

[gret]

Wow! Was it that bad to justify such an outburst?

I don't know how anybody can be so sure of such a matter unless they own the company.

One question...why is there such turnover in the mgmt ranks at the comany? XO just lost another guy that came on with a lot of hoopla two or three months ago. 26 a/c can't be that hard to operate.

 

[t-bone]

If you are talking about BM, we didnt lose him. Instead of uprooting his family and moving them to Ca he is taking a more family friendly position that doesnt require him to move. He is still listed in our BB contact list, and that has been a very reliable first indication of someone leaving the company. On that note, DS has left the building to move onto his next "project"...

 

[gret]

OK.. Thanks for the info.

Why did he leave NetJets?

 

[t-bone]

Not sure...but I'm guessing it was part of the changing of the guard. I dont know if he left on his own or was asked to leave by the new guy running the show over there. I've spent some time with BM and he seems like a great guy.

As for the flops rumors...this forum is the only place that I've ever heard of them. We seem to be spending a lot of money on branding our own name, getting it out there so people know who we are...would a company that is about to be acquired still do that? I dont know, I'm just a pilot.

 

[gret]

I dont know, I'm just a pilot.

...and I guess a good one at that!

 

[ProFracPilot]

I don't buy into the FlOps-XO Jet rumor (FI has been the only source so far). But I do wonder where FlOps is going to pick up all the CX's that we're ramping up for.

 

[gunfyter]

But I do wonder where FlOps is going to pick up all the CX's that we're ramping up for.

What kind of ramping up?

 

[dime line]

I've heard 16 Citations X's, but I'm not in the know.

 

[clydefastly]

I heard flops is getting 10 X's. They are out there for sale, and now seems to be a good time to pick up a lightly used X for a good price.

 

[DUATS]

Correction: In an earlier post, I used the word "accusation", the word I meant to use was "acquisition". Of course the meanings of these two words are quite different.

Freudian slip?

 

[993_Pilot]

What kind of ramping up?

How about 10 new PIC bids which are not required to staff the number of aircraft we currently have.

 

[gunfyter]

How about 10 new PIC bids which are not required to staff the number of aircraft we currently have.

I'd say thats a good indicator....

 

[xrated]

How about 10 new PIC bids which are not required to staff the number of aircraft we currently have.

That covers what, 3 airplanes? Hardly 16. Through in a little attrition and I may just be one or two airframes.

 

[993_Pilot]

That covers what, 3 airplanes? Hardly 16. Through in a little attrition and I may just be one or two airframes.

I don't pretend to know what the plans are, but I do see signs of expanding the fleet. If the plan was 16, I doubt that they would get them all at once, so there's no need to put out the bids all at once. We have an order for something like 100 Phenom's too, but you don't see bids for 250 Captain positions. In fact the bid was for 12, I think, but that should cover the deliveries scheduled for a while.