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Gulfstream Pilot Action Committee
UPDATE
December 8, 2008
Fellow NJI Pilots,
We hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your families. The GPAC effort has hit overdrive. In the past few weeks the registration numbers have been the highest since the effort started and the election will be carried out in early January of 2009. It is very important to understand that if an NJI pilot does not register with GPAC, she/he will not receive a ballot to vote for the GPAC leaders.
After months of dialogue with NJASAP, the union leaders have publicly agreed to work with the GPAC as the voice of NJI pilots. We have also fully briefed our President on all aspects of the GPAC and have ensured him there are no surprises behind this effort.
It is now our duty to bring forward the pilots who can serve our group by engaging in the integration process. We will need solid, dependable and trustworthy line pilots who will be fair and bring forward the popular voice of our pilot group. Over the next few months, NJI management will sit down with Bill Olsen and NJASAP to discuss the integration in detail. GPAC will fill a very unique role in this process. GPAC leaders will be required to dedicate themselves to this process and work diligently to ensure their actions and statements represent the overall consensus of NJI pilots.
Here are just a few of the things these leaders will be required to do:
• Read and understand the NJASAP Collective Bargaining Agreement, the NJASAP Bylaws, and the NJI Employee Handbook and Operations Guidelines. GPAC will need to become very familiar with all of these legal documents.
• Avail themselves to all NJI pilots for questions and comments, regardless if they registered with GPAC or not. GPAC will represent all NJI pilots.
GPAC Mission Statement:
(As originally stated on October 23rd, 2008)
“Let us be clear in what we are attempting to achieve. Our mission is to achieve a smooth integration with NJA pilots under the collective bargaining agreement and their union, NJASAP. While protecting the rights of NJI pilots we are not attempting to organize a new union nor attempting to preempt the LOA addressing the single carrier status of our two pilot groups. We are simply making the necessary steps to ensure our voices, “the line pilots of NJI” are heard and our best interests are protected in this process. There will be a merger of our pilot groups and NJI pilots will need a leadership team from within our ranks. Our management has served us well in the past and we can all be proud of the relationship we have built together, but they can no longer be the agent of our collective voice in matters concerning the union.”
It cannot be stated more clearly that the GPAC goal is to engage in the integration process to insure all parties involved hear the voices and concerns of NJI line pilots. With this goal in mind, it is important for all NJI pilots to understand that the GPAC cannot enter this process making demands from either management or the union. Our leaders must be open to discussing issues that may not be to our liking. This integration process can be done correctly and fairly if all parties involved dedicated themselves to the goal of insuring that NetJets continues to be the world leader in fractional jet ownership. We must find a way to integrate our pilot groups while continuing to provide the service to our owners we have from our inception.
Final Time Line:
NOW THROUGH JAN 4th
Continue the registration process and allow NJI pilots to nominate fellow pilots to serve on GPAC.
JAN 5
Registration closes. All GPAC supporters will be notified via email the names and contact numbers of the eight candidates receiving the most nominations.
JAN 11
Ballots emailed to all registered pilots with voting instructions.
JAN 18
Voting closes at 1200 noon (EST). Ballots will be tallied and the six pilots receiving the most votes will be notified (four members and two alternates).
JAN19
• Letters of notification will be sent to NetJets management, and NJASAP.
• Email notification will be sent to all registered pilots with the names and contact information of the GPAC Leaders.
In Closing:
All Flight crews in the NetJets organization received a message from our Chairman, Mr. Santulli. The NJI pilots received an additional message from our President. The messages were crystal clear: We don't know what's ahead in the turbulent financial world, but we must remember how important it is to provide every owner/passenger the superior service they have come to expect in flying on a NetJets aircraft. The GPAC organizers support this 100%. We must navigate these changing times with the utmost professionalism to ensure NetJets emerges from these times as a stronger company. In doing so, we will remain the world leader in fractional aircraft ownership.
Best Regards, and Fly Safe!
UPDATE
December 8, 2008
Fellow NJI Pilots,
We hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your families. The GPAC effort has hit overdrive. In the past few weeks the registration numbers have been the highest since the effort started and the election will be carried out in early January of 2009. It is very important to understand that if an NJI pilot does not register with GPAC, she/he will not receive a ballot to vote for the GPAC leaders.
After months of dialogue with NJASAP, the union leaders have publicly agreed to work with the GPAC as the voice of NJI pilots. We have also fully briefed our President on all aspects of the GPAC and have ensured him there are no surprises behind this effort.
It is now our duty to bring forward the pilots who can serve our group by engaging in the integration process. We will need solid, dependable and trustworthy line pilots who will be fair and bring forward the popular voice of our pilot group. Over the next few months, NJI management will sit down with Bill Olsen and NJASAP to discuss the integration in detail. GPAC will fill a very unique role in this process. GPAC leaders will be required to dedicate themselves to this process and work diligently to ensure their actions and statements represent the overall consensus of NJI pilots.
Here are just a few of the things these leaders will be required to do:
• Read and understand the NJASAP Collective Bargaining Agreement, the NJASAP Bylaws, and the NJI Employee Handbook and Operations Guidelines. GPAC will need to become very familiar with all of these legal documents.
• Avail themselves to all NJI pilots for questions and comments, regardless if they registered with GPAC or not. GPAC will represent all NJI pilots.
GPAC Mission Statement:
(As originally stated on October 23rd, 2008)
“Let us be clear in what we are attempting to achieve. Our mission is to achieve a smooth integration with NJA pilots under the collective bargaining agreement and their union, NJASAP. While protecting the rights of NJI pilots we are not attempting to organize a new union nor attempting to preempt the LOA addressing the single carrier status of our two pilot groups. We are simply making the necessary steps to ensure our voices, “the line pilots of NJI” are heard and our best interests are protected in this process. There will be a merger of our pilot groups and NJI pilots will need a leadership team from within our ranks. Our management has served us well in the past and we can all be proud of the relationship we have built together, but they can no longer be the agent of our collective voice in matters concerning the union.”
It cannot be stated more clearly that the GPAC goal is to engage in the integration process to insure all parties involved hear the voices and concerns of NJI line pilots. With this goal in mind, it is important for all NJI pilots to understand that the GPAC cannot enter this process making demands from either management or the union. Our leaders must be open to discussing issues that may not be to our liking. This integration process can be done correctly and fairly if all parties involved dedicated themselves to the goal of insuring that NetJets continues to be the world leader in fractional jet ownership. We must find a way to integrate our pilot groups while continuing to provide the service to our owners we have from our inception.
Final Time Line:
NOW THROUGH JAN 4th
Continue the registration process and allow NJI pilots to nominate fellow pilots to serve on GPAC.
JAN 5
Registration closes. All GPAC supporters will be notified via email the names and contact numbers of the eight candidates receiving the most nominations.
JAN 11
Ballots emailed to all registered pilots with voting instructions.
JAN 18
Voting closes at 1200 noon (EST). Ballots will be tallied and the six pilots receiving the most votes will be notified (four members and two alternates).
JAN19
• Letters of notification will be sent to NetJets management, and NJASAP.
• Email notification will be sent to all registered pilots with the names and contact information of the GPAC Leaders.
In Closing:
All Flight crews in the NetJets organization received a message from our Chairman, Mr. Santulli. The NJI pilots received an additional message from our President. The messages were crystal clear: We don't know what's ahead in the turbulent financial world, but we must remember how important it is to provide every owner/passenger the superior service they have come to expect in flying on a NetJets aircraft. The GPAC organizers support this 100%. We must navigate these changing times with the utmost professionalism to ensure NetJets emerges from these times as a stronger company. In doing so, we will remain the world leader in fractional aircraft ownership.
Best Regards, and Fly Safe!
