Latest at Flexjet?

[BARNSTORM]

Companies have to maximize their short term profits to look good for their shareholders and other lenders. Management will cut jobs, benefits, pensions or whatever will make their bottom line look better in the short term. Unfortunately when they do this, employees are treated like any other liability the company has.

 

[fugazi]

so, are we busy yet?

 

[DUATS]

so, are we busy yet?

Must be - since no one has time to answer!

 

[300pilot]

Still Slow.... but here come the Holidays...

 

[ArtVandalay]

We're about to see what Flexjet is REALLY comprised of on Sunday.

 

[XBI]

How much charter will THAT involve?

 

[SDCFI]

How much charter will THAT involve?

Apparently over 100 (total)!

 

[ArtVandalay]

It was ALOT. I hope last week is an eye opener that we need to recall some people.

 

[SDCFI]

It was ALOT. I hope last week is an eye opener that we need to recall some people.

I always wonder how (if at all) management puts a value on how charter affects the owners on a personal basis. In other words, what does it cost us from a service perspective when we have to charter? You can't put a price on it really, but these folks pay a lot of money to fly on Flexjet (in this case) aircraft, and while some charter is a fact of life in this business if you run too far with it in the name of saving money you risk alienating the owners who are paying top dollar to ride on "their" planes. Hopefully our airline managers are smart enough to have figured out how to find the right balance.

 

[rsm]

No recalls until more airplanes. Unfortunate but true!!!

 

[Club ORD FO]

We had to charter because we don't have enough planes, nothing to do with crews. And they certainly are not going to buy extra planes to cover one weekend a year

 

[FastJP4]

What's the latest and greatest on the LR85?

 

[Dooker]

What's the latest and greatest on the LR85?

They just announced the launch customer: XOJet

Joke. Wouldn't surprise me, though.

 

[DUATS]

They just announced the launch customer: XOJet

Joke. Wouldn't surprise me, though.

A couple of years ago, I heard Flexjet was getting the first seven.

Something to look forward to...three years from now.

 

[SDCFI]

A couple of years ago, I heard Flexjet was getting the first seven.

Something to look forward to...three years from now.

And that assumes it's on time, we've seen how the 787 turned out.

And we're not actually getting the first 7, I think we're getting the first 3 and then the next 4 of 10 or something along those lines so it'll be around a year before we see all 7 on property.