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Hugh Johnson said:If NJ goes on strike and your company picks up their flying, are you a scab?
ultrarunner said:I have to agree with NJAowner on this one. The owners are way to smart (they can't be that stupid since they're sitting in the back) to be held hostage by a buch of drivers.
They will and are making plans to go about their business. And they won't let a buch of striking pilots get in the way of their business. THAT you can count on.
I look forward to flying some of the NJowers. I have in the past, and I am confident our dept. can do it just as safe and efficient, if not more so, than NJ. As an added bonus, the folks sitting in the back can be confident that the folks sitting in the front are happy to be there.
And like the profiles...very quick and simple.
Mach92 said:So I guess you make more the 37K a year as a Citation X Capt! SO THATS WHY YOUR NOT A PISSED OFF NJA PILOT
ultrarunner said:Don't get all worked up 400A. We'll continue to do what we do, and we'll be happy to do it, and get compensated well for it.
And in any event, IMO, NJ will continue to operate "as-is" for the forseeable future. I mean, think about it, IIRC, the ammendable date on their contract was sometime way back in 2001, so there certainly hasn't been an sense of urgency for anyone to really give a crapola about ironing out a contract.
My best guess is mid '06 at the soonest. No retroactive (they'll agree so some piddly lump sum), below NBAA median at best, very limited gateways (get yourself to work), etc...
NJAowner said:"Flying" a desk for 14 hours is far less dangerous than piloting a plane that long. I think they will see the difference.
NetJetWife -- please do not make what I do all day sound sooo easy. By your definition, your husband's job is more important and stressful than being the President of the United States (no political discussions to start here).
No one should ever over-estimate the importance of his/her job and think that he/he is irreplaceable. Every CEO of a majpr corporation is replacable, and even the country can, has and will survive a sudden change in leadership.
To reiterate the essence of many of my posts, educating the owners can help the pilots cuase, but irritating, embarrassing or inconveniencing will result in the owners not supporting the pilots.
Fly safe.
ghostrider64 said:Here is possibly the most difficult area to address. 135 vendors and other corporate depts. Vendor's pilots will be forced to decide if they will accept a Netjets subcontracted flight. .
ghostrider64 said:There are many difficult days ahead for everyone associated with fractional flying....135 guys, owners, NJA employees will all be faced with decisions that no one had seen coming 5 years ago...
So a brief summary....
Here is possibly the most difficult area to address. 135 vendors and other corporate depts. Vendor's pilots will be forced to decide if they will accept a Netjets subcontracted flight. That is one in which their employer is contacted by Netjets to provide transportation. Not one in which a Netjets owner charters directly from them. I totally empathize with how difficult it may be to support a Netjets Pilot action. What you are faced with is the likelyhood that if you refuse to fly a charter you will be terminated. But there are ways around this. The so called gray areas, maint, wx etc... But what have you to gain by supporting a Netjets job action? Possibly the new bar being set for all 135 and corporate operators. My feeling is that this is a possibilty that is worth supporting.