NetJets Bad Santa in LAS

[tausap]

Just wondering....I met up with a corporate buddy of mine at Signature in LAS the other day and there was a guy dressed in a Santa Suit (looked kind fo Like Billy Bob Thornton in "Bad Santa", LOL) with a sign that said "Former Netjet pilot offering Shoe Shines for legal defence". What's up with that? I talked to him briefly and he said he was offering shoe shines and handing out info packets to Netjet customers to help pay for his legal expenses incurred trying to fight indentured servitude to Netjets. Anyone else seen him?

Does netjets charge for training? I thought the industry had gotten away from that. Just wondering. Anyhow, it was funny as hell and I can imagine just a little embarrassing for EJA.

Happy Thanksgiving all.

 

[cgmason1]

I think I saw the same guy in PHX-he was protesting/picketing against NJA's suing him for the training contract.

Fly Safe
Chuck

 

[stork]

Who, what where and when....This just mat be the perect informational picketting attire

At least the funniest one and a real attention getter...

 

[Intreped1]

Did you see that picture of santa taking a dump down the chimeny on the ASAP board?

Funny as, S_ _ _.

Hint: You can by a vowel

 

[747driver]

Someone get rid of that Annoying Santa!

I also have come across that Shady Santa at LAS...i happened to be flying into there and on my way to the van to the hotel when i notice this guy dressed in a Santa outfit offering shoe shines...I was like what is this all about..he approaches me and asks me that my shoes need shinning ..and im like "dude get away from me"..he quicky replies to me that he is a former netjet pilot being sued over a trainning contract that he was suckered into signing and needs money to help for his legal defense.Ill tell you this much ..i felt bad for the guy and the bad experience he has had with netjets ruinning his life pretty much but the guy looks like he hasnt showered or shaved in a month...i guess in that heat that Santa suit must be like living in a cardboard box in a subway station in NYC!..he was annoying as hell also as he insisted to shine my shoes for a few dollars...id rather burn my shoes before he touches them..folks around there have also told me he can be pretty dramatic and obnoxious saying that he will do whatever it takes to make netjets give him back his life that they have stolen from him.me personally i think the guy should be taken away in cuffs and sent to the nearest homeless shelter for a shower n shave ...the smell was overwhelming!..So if anyone is flying into LAS at signature stay clear of this guy...my uniform reeks of some form of funky smell..trust me folks it isnt my body odor..but that encounter with that Krusty the clown looking Santa..ruined my day!

 

[Hawkered]

That just cracks me up dude!! Next time I see you on the road, be sure, I take you to a good joint for a beer!

 

[FL510in10min]

Bad SAnta is back. I just saw him at Swift in PHX. He has refined his act a bit and is really pretty funny. He said he is going to be up in Columbus for the three days before Christmas....

 

[ukcats]

Netjets Santa

I feel bad for Netjet Santa. But, how the hell can a Netjet pilot afford a lawyer,
let alone gas to drive from Vegas to Phoenix?



P.S. I'm back!

 

[Diesel]

the guy signed the two year contract. its not like the company jumped this on him. he knew when he left he would have to pay. he should have thought about that before he left and then cries how nj is coming after him.
i don't get it. his standing out there doesn't help his cause. there are plenty here who stick it out so they don't have to pay.

 

[dime line]

Hey Diesel you are right about him knowing before he got hired. That I have to agree with you. But the money he was making you have to understand his wanting to try out NJ for a while, so my guess is that it didn't work for him. But the same arguement goes for your union and your current pay scale, you know it when you get hired, so why try and change it.

How many companys make you sign a training contract? I think that he is standing up for the many pilots that don't have the bals to quit because they are in your words "sticking it out so they don't have to pay".

So at our level who is right and who is wrong? The Santa or the Sticking it out guy?

 

[1-tacan-rule]

How much $$$ are we talking about?

I know you have to pay back 100% before a year and 50% before two years...but how much money are we talking about?

 

[LXJ31]

I kind of feel bad for the guy and his tactic is pretty interesting.


But he's an adult. If he signed the deal he should have stuck it out or have been able to otherwise meet his obligation barring some strange extinuating circumstance.

Was he PHX gateway?

 

[Guitar Guy]

Does netjets charge for training? I thought the industry had gotten away from that. Just wondering. Anyhow, it was funny as hell and I can imagine just a little embarrassing for EJA.

Happy Thanksgiving all.

NetJets' new-hire contract requires a two-year commitment. If you leave before that time, you do owe some or all of the cost of the type rating back. The types run from about $15K (Ultra) up to the mid $20K mark for the Falcon and the Cit-X. They actually spell the exact cost of the type in the new-hire info that they send to you, so it shouldn't be a surprise.

 

[Majik]

But the same arguement goes for your union and your current pay scale, you know it when you get hired, so why try and change it?

Because it's a 3 year "NEGOTIABLE" contract. That means that the terms, including work conditions, salary, benefits, scope, etc. will be negotiated between the company and the pilots when the contract becomes ammendable.

You ask, "So why try and change it?" Why would you NOT try to change it, if it was an option available to you???

 

[dime line]

Majik.......You ask, "So why try and change it?" Why would you NOT try to change it, if it was an option available to you???

I kinda think he is trying to change it. Right or wrong I have to hand it to the guy doing what he is doing. I have no problem with a training contract if the money is there in salary, which its not.

 

[Majik]

Majik.......You ask, "So why try and change it?" Why would you NOT try to change it, if it was an option available to you???

I kinda think he is trying to change it. Right or wrong I have to hand it to the guy doing what he is doing. I have no problem with a training contract if the money is there in salary, which its not.

I'm not talking about the Santa Guy or the training contract. He signed the paper, he's responsible. He can try to fight it however he wants, I don't care.

I was talking about your comment about our contract. You made it sound like we shouldn't try to improve the salary since we knew what it was when we got here. Was that what you were saying?

 

[747driver]

There is another Santa out there folks!

Holy moly..guacomole...folks its me again!..i just had the bejessus scared out of me while i was at MCO signature today!.i was walking out to curbside when all of a sudden i noticed a Santa walking by with a sign that read"shoe shines for legal fund"..im like its that creep again that i came across in LAS.I was really going to just avoid him and go my own way ...but i didnt..what a mistake..i approached the Creepy crawler looking Santa and said"remember me "...he quickly replied.."I dont forget ugly faces but yours ill make an exception"...at that point i called him a loser with no balls..he then grabbed me by my throat and shoved me ...i fell to the ground like a bag of rocks with 3 guys in it peeling them...he took off his hat and beard and i soon realized..it wasnt that sleezy krusty the clown looking santa from LAS...i was scared..really scared.he told me that he had gotten screwed from netjets with the trainning contract and the pay and didnt need any of my lip .He demanded an apology which i refused to give him as my flight bag was being thrown across and landed on the hood of some guys mercedes benz in which the driver looked like he was a producer for death row records didnt even want to step out of his car..at this point i ran for my life...i have a feeling this will be my worst xmas ever knowing that there are more than just one Santa out there disgruntled with netjets.I have promised myself to be packing heat now when i fly knowing that my next flight into a netjet gateway might be my last.If anyone out there has come across this creep at MCO let me know...im looking to press charges and have him sent back to san Quentin where he belongs...i didnt know netjets hired pilots with gang tattoos on their arms ..Guys becareful out there..next time you see a Santa with a sign saying shoe shines for legal fees...run your ass like it was on fire with 3 guys trying to shove a hose up it!..fly straight and pack a punch in your flight bag..cheers

 

[EngineOut]

Nevermind