Netjets and Safety?

[miles otoole]

NJA owners can write in their contracts that they WILL NOT accept anything but a QS plane.

HD

Which owners? The one's who specifically ask for it? What if all owners ask for it?
I guess what I am trying to understand is how the model can work without charter?

 

[Hawk Driver]

Which owners? The one's who specifically ask for it? What if all owners ask for it?
I guess what I am trying to understand is how the model can work without charter?

Any owner can request it. If all the owners ask for it they will be delayed in leaving and will probably not get the airplane of choice. I don't know but I would assume some sort of credit would be issued to the owner if they didn't get their type of plane if it is a downgrade.

HD

 

[FL450]

I have a friend who is interested in buying a share of an airplane at Netjets. His main concern is safety. For those of you that work there, would you put your family on a NJ plane in bad WX with a random NJ crew flying?

Any comments appreciated.

-Dave

Yes. Have done it before. Would do it again.

 

[FracCapt]

Based on some of the replies in this thread...I would be hesitant to put my family on ANY fractional airplane...it seems some of the pilots egos are way larger than their skill set.

Of course, we all know these are the very vocal minority....or, at least, we hope...

 

[apache]

I hope I'm not the one with the big ego on this thread. I'm just reporting what I see, and I increasing amounts of bravado and arrogance without the skills and decision-making to back it up. Humbleness and class seem to be dying trait in this business. And no, I never thought I was arrogant and always treated my crewmembers the way I wished to be treated.

I think the edge in safety will go with the company that has the better system to dispatch, train, and maintain the aircraft. I don't see Flex and CS much, but I suspect that NJ and Flops are going in opposite directions, with the edge going to NJ. I would not get on any radomly selected charter operator, safety audit or not.

 

[stork]

Well I wouldn't fly anywhere I wouldn;t have my family fly and anytime I get the chance to ride in back of one of our planes as opposed to jumping on an airline I take the NJA flight....Never been scared by anyone other than myself in a long long time....No contract no push isn;t really the truth...even when we had a current contract we never pushed...PERIOD

Thats not to say that the PM's don't..they do...but as soon as you say you are not comfortable the trip is done...period

 

[NJAowner]

Charter

Any NJ owner has the option to decline a flight on a non-QS aircraft. You will be accommodated on a QS tail if you a flexible a few hours in your departure. I have only been offered a non-QS tail twice in 6+ years -- once on a PrivatAir Lear 60 and once on a Fortune 50 company corp jet managemed by EJM.

Fly safe.