Is Flight Options Changing Their Name?

[BrnJetFuel]

So...What exactly are you trying to say? Everyone will have to reinterview?

If and I am saying If. If NetJets was to take Raytheons interest in Flight Options and then consolidate flops owners into it's own, any pilots wishing to come over to NJA would have to go through the normal interview process. When EJM, a sister company, downsized after 9/11 the pilots were given priority in the interview process but still had to interview. Not all were taken.

Netjets touts it's safety and training record all over the place. You can bet that the trend would continue where any new pilots who come over will have to go through the normal selection and training process that we all experienced. If essentially for no more than just simply maintaining quality control for the owners. Also this satisfies the union by avoiding a merger with a non-union group. All new pilots simply come in the standard way. From the bottom. Those we hired from our sister company, regardless of years served at Executive Jet (management), had to come in at the bottom.

 

[Frac Daddy]

Or........

God forbid that Raytheon sells to an investor that wants to actually compete against NetJets. I know that is shocking to many. As I recall, Ricci had an investor on the line but they balked. Seems Nahill has been turning things around, thus making FLOPS more attractive to potential buyers.

BrnJetA,

Hiring a handfull of EJM pilots is one thing. Who will be flying the Options owners while 1000 Options pilots interview? A little unrealistic. Also, are you implying that Options pilots need to be interviewed to "maintain it's safety an training record"? What are you trying to say about Options pilots? Those that live in glass houses should not throw stones.

 

[VivaZapata]

Santulli in CGF could mean a lot of things. Do you think that he just might be there for a visit? CEO's visiting the competition is not uncommon. Some folks must feel empowered when they think they're privy to an inside line or it makes people feel good to think they're in-the-know.

 

[BrnJetFuel]

A little sensitive there fracdaddy? I can understand, I would be too. Nothing against flops pilots at all. But NJA can never assure employee quality to it’s owners unless it hires and processes each and everyone to the same standards. Don’t assume NetJets is buying anyone. It’s no secret that Raytheon has been trying to unload it’s share of the frac industry over to NJA for at least a few years. Heard it from NetJets founder myself in a huge hangar meeting last year. I think NJA got the Hawker 400xp’s for a song from Raytheon as long as they create an effortless transition for the original Travel Air owners. This year is no doubt going to be interesting. Don’t want to see anyone lose their jobs. Just really anticipate a reduction in competition and a movement of troops into the union fold.

 

[Frac Daddy]

A little sensitive there fracdaddy? I can understand, I would be too.

Hardly. Just trying to make sense of your cryptic posts. Sensitive behavior is what you see when you ask a NJA pilot about their contract.

I think NJA got the Hawker 400xp’s for a song from Raytheon as long as they create an effortless transition for the original Travel Air owners.

Ummm.....OK. Let me know when you have proof of this theory.

 

[hawkercpt]

Burnt...

" But NJA can never assure employee quality to it’s owners unless it hires and processes each and everyone to the same standards. "

Give me a break.

I'm not saying Options guys are the cream of the crop but, I know some of the EJ pilots personally, it makes it kind of hard to see "high standards" in looking at them.

Another options could be that Santulli was so torked at Cessna and Raytheon offers the only other "entry level" jet that was proven and available.

or...

Options is kicking EJ's butt in entry level sales and the only way to compete is to offer the same product.

You know immitation is the grandest for of flattery.

 

[WileE]

New Paintjobs.

Have started rolling out. White with green and gold stripes similar to the old TA racing stripes but a bit different. If I find a picture of the new scheme I'll try to post it if I can. Eventually the entire fleet will have the same paintjob and new id's. It'll probably take two years to get all of them done as busy as we are now.

 

[Dep676]

You did not say green and gold stripes? What are they thinking? I thought we were trying to get away from the them trailer park colors?

 

[JetCapt69]

Re: New Paintjobs.

If I find a picture of the new scheme I'll try to post it if I can.

This pic has been floating around the net for awhile.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/539120/M/

 

[SheGaveMeClap]

Wouldn't they use green N-numbers on the ghosts if that's the color scheme? Why are they using the maroon?

Did they just decide to change the paint scheme? That would make sense if they planned on using the Raytheon colors, keeping the N-numbers maroon.

The colors don't look too bad in the photo. Beats what we have now (on the pre-owned side, anyway).

 

[Da Man]

Looks like Citation Shares paint

hmmm....

 

[longrangekiller]

Very interesting string.

The latest spin on this big puddle of BS is Gates of MS is buying FO and doubling the pay retro-active back to the date of the RTA / FO merger of two years ago. Guess I can pay the college bills without working 10 more years?

I really like this one the best.

Oh well, tell me when Elvis get here. How many of you guys are going to attend dead Elvis week this year?

 

[JetCapt69]

Oh well, tell me when Elvis get here.

The King has left the FBO. I just dropped him off in Vegas Baby!

I like your spin on Options. I choose to believe that one. Thanks, I will sleep much better tonight.

 

[Andrew_FO]

I see you guys posted the link to my picture on Airliners.net. I'm Andrew Malgieri and I work for Corporate Wings at CGF, we do all of the line service and cleaning for Flight Options on that field.

Anyhow, the new color scheme is exactly that of the CW/TA mix that we now see taken off all of the pure white aircraft - the colors are just different. The stripes are all in the same positions and are all the same size but they're back to the old grey/green/gold that the CW aircraft had originally. I personally like this new scheme a lot, but I wish that they still had the stripes coming across the nose. I think that looked great on the BeechJets and KingAirs. I guess it makes it hard to swap radomes though, oh well.

I have one more picture of the new scheme on 794, and from what I know it's only on one other aircraft, 897 I believe. If anyone would like to see it, the picture is just of the tail section. I wonder what new paintjob they'll start spending money on when the new LX corporate image comes into being.

-Andrew