NetJets' profitability

[temcgrew]

Mr. Buffet doesn't buy non-producers. Period.

he didn't just buy netjets this year, when he did it was producing and buying up all that cessna could produce. It was also the cause of so many flight departments shutting down after 20 years and getting rid of pilots that ALREADY MADE good money. Some of these guys ended up at netjets on the crappy pay. All buffet wants with netjets now is to be the last man standing in the fractional buisness.
So don't fool yourself, yes he will be here longer that options, flexjet or anyothe one if it is only for his ego. But, he is still in the buisness to make money and will drop any buisness that doesn't produce. Factor this into his successor taking over, when buffets ego is gone, then what?

 

[Diesel]

God damn my whole post. Ugggh.

Okay its a shame the schedulers get paid more than the dispatchers. Its almost like throwing money in a hole in the wall. Dispatchers have their liscence on the line or at least some part of it.

Here is what needs to happen.

1Return the power to the acp's. The only people they need to be held accountable to is the cp's and the pilots. Nobody else. They make a decision because they are pilots it ends there.

2. Give the fm's raises and increase their authority. I'm not saying anything crazy just common sense stuff. They don't need to check on 3 people just for a simple thing.

3. The dispatchers need to have their fleet spit up or the increase in amount of dispatchers. Let's get rid of the file and forget and have dispatchers that know one fleet inside and out and are able to flightfollow us.

 

[gutshotdraw]

3. The dispatchers need to have their fleet spit up

Some fleets spit up more than others

 

[gunfyter]

Some fleets spit up more than others

Now Now... this is the land of E Pluribus Unum.

 

[AirBear8]

3. The dispatchers need to have their fleet spit up or the increase in amount of dispatchers. Let's get rid of the file and forget and have dispatchers that know one fleet inside and out and are able to flightfollow us.

I second that. The other day the dispatcher filed an RNAV SID out of LAS for our Ultra. When the Captain called and asked why he did that they said that dispatcher rarely worked Ultra's and wasn't aware or forgot about the no RNAV SID/STAR restriction we've had for many months now.


AirBear

 

[Publishers]

First of all, one good quarter does not a year make. If any Florida company did all year what it does in the first quarter, you would see some records.

Secondly, someone mentioned fuel --what does that has to do with anything other than if you did more outsourcing which they said they did less.

The key words there were "higher fees".

 

[gunfyter]

Amigo,

You were proven wrong on the things you said before our new CBA.

You will be proven wrong on profitability.

The old CBA had was inefficient for the company. The new CBA is a money maker. Profits will follow.

 

[MorePilotPay]

So lets give the god dang floor people a raise.

You want to keep good workers pay them a good wage.

No kidding. These are the people that were keeping the company together last year while some crewmembers were calling in sick or downing their planes. Now they can't even get a measly 3.5% raise? Someone better figure that one out soon.

 

[RNObased]

That's really interesting, and I hope it's true. But on the company side things are still scary.

Would you care to expand on that comment??

 

[Diesel]

No kidding. These are the people that were keeping the company together last year while some crewmembers were calling in sick or downing their planes.

ummm i'll just let you stew in that assinine comment.