Netjets Gulfstreams & Globals - Coexisting?

[OPECJet]

Hopefully there will be a Ten order down the road as well. Would suck to give that fleet up.

 

[BentOver]

Hopefully there will be a Ten order down the road as well. Would suck to give that fleet up.

Suck for the guys that are still there. We'll never know the difference:beer:

 

[Willy21]

Sovereigns are all fairly new.....There were quite a few delivered in '07 and '08...Someone correct me but I think they may be the newest a/c NJA has....give or take

It would probably take 3 or 4 years for Lear 85's to start showing up. That would put the oldest sovereign at 10 years of age. That sounds like a plausible replacement to me. Or you could see a Legacy 450/500 order that replaces the Sovereign and XL/XLS.

 

[Sandhawk]

Wow, as a super junior guy and a beechjet driver, I think your assumptions are flawed. I was a heavy driver flying internationally back in the early nineties. I think I would do just fine as a G FO. Hell, I might even teach the Captain a thing or two...

YHGTBSM

"The Best of the best of the best, Sir!"

 

[T-1GUY]

"The Best of the best of the best, Sir!"

You better know it !!!!

 

[G4dude]

Thats easy. The Global will pay more than most other fleets. Therefore should be bid by Seniority.

Displacements should then be directed to the vacancies created by those who bid by seniority into the Global.

I agree, even though it works to my disadvantage. Guns, we gotta stop agreeing so much. People will start talking about us.

 

[G4dude]

Wow, as a super junior guy and a beechjet driver, I think your assumptions are flawed. I was a heavy driver flying internationally back in the early nineties. I think I would do just fine as a G FO. Hell, I might even teach the Captain a thing or two...

The former Herc drivers are some of our best!

 

[gunfyter]

I agree, even though it works to my disadvantage. Guns, we gotta stop agreeing so much. People will start talking about us.

Let em talk. I saw your name on the membership list of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
:beer:

 

[T-1GUY]

The former Herc drivers are some of our best!

Please don't rely on my profile to justify your comments.. Not all is as it seems...

 

[G4dude]

Let em talk. I saw your name on the membership list of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

Heh heh. I often wish the Conspiracy was a little vaster.

 

[realityman]

I'm no expert, but as a Middle East based Global XRS Captain, I can with absolute certainty that this ain't rocket science. Any Netjet's pilot with enough seniority to hold a Global bid will have more than enough experience to make a smooth transition if they are given a good International procedures course. Yes, it's nice to see things the first time with someone who has been there and done it, but that is often not the reality of international flying.

I'm tired of hearing about QFE approaches. There is nothing to them as long as you understand the wheels hit pavement at zero and you read the Jepp plate. As for metric conversion charts, get real. All newer airframes change from feet to meters at the push of a button and most (including the current Global) have conversion pages on the FMS. Can you say no brainer... As for ETP's, I assume most of the guys will be coming out of CX's, F2000's and Hawkers. If you can properly plan a Hawaii crossing, the North Atlantic is a breeze. Especially in an airplane with a 6150nm range.

Clearly, this issue is about who gets to fly the new long range fleet type. It's a difficult issue, and without question, one side is going to be unhappy with the way the pilots are selected. I just hope the argument stays focused on the real issue, and no one tries to pull a safety card to enhance their position.

VERY well said Xrated!! You expressed it EXACTLY as it is. The only stumbling block in there is the part about a good int'l training program. I heard NJI used to have a very fine program, but with the integration, it's not so good anymore (sorry to all you union-haters, but that was most DEFINITELY a company decision to reduce, or eliminate, the training).
Still, I've done plenty of int'l (over the NAT) in the X to know that while it is more work, it's not rocket science.
There are plenty of places I haven't been, but there are lots of operators out there who are doing it without having had NJI's int'l training, so I'm pretty sure most of us could handle it.

As for who gets to fly the new long range fleet, it's actually not difficult. Basically, we simply abide by what the company decides to do. If they want to put displaced pilots from other fleets in them, it's permissible to do so in the CBA. Or, if they want to put them out to open bid for everyone in the company, that too is permissible. The only thing they can't do is offer those spots to any select group of pilots (say, GV pilots if that fleet isn't in disposal). The different ways of putting pilots in the new fleet may not make everyone happy (myself included), but it's not difficult. The methods have already been determined.

 

[realityman]

At a guess, two Beechjet F/O's, two Excel Captains, an Excel F/O and a partidge in a pear tree. The Hawker Captain probably has a little.

You're kidding, right?

You'd be surprised at the amount of int'l experience we have flying in the "little" jets. Heck, I just got off tour with a guy who flew in Vietnam! Great pilot! I've talked to F/O's in the Hawker 400's who have flown almost nothing but int'l in their previous lives.

Sheesh! Get over it. It's an airplane. It flies the same no matter what airspace you're in. As for everything else, there are lots and lots of resources (including right in the first Jepps volume) to help you with everything else. Maybe we'll need a little training to fly a QFE approach (if we haven't done one before), but that's all it'll take.

As for needing to crack the books, I agree!! But that still doesn't mean you need to be super-duper quantum special to fly a long range plane to other countries. I'm sure most of us can handle it without needing to sit right seat to you "big jet" drivers for 6 years.

 

[OPECJet]

Those big jets are all RJ sized anyway....

 

[BentOver]

Those big jets are all RJ sized anyway....

bingo!

 

[X-rated]

Those big jets are all RJ sized anyway....

CRJ-200:
87ft 10in x 69ft 7in x 20ft 5in
MGTW 53,000 lbs

Global XRS:
99ft 5in X 96ft x 25ft 6in
MGTW 99,500 lbs.

Typical BOW on the XRS is about 52,000lbs