NJ 757 class?

[Diesel]

Having someone go above and beyond for me will allways get a tip. If you don't think that doctors and lawyers get tipped then you're high.

While it may not be a cash in the hand a gift usually shows up at the door. I've seen patients buy doctors nice fishing reels and fly rods. The shelves are full of them. It's a very nice gesture.

Even doctors that are getting treatments give other doctors a gift at the end of the treatment. It's a fact and a nice way to say thank you for helping me.

 

[Spooky 2]

Back on the thread topic B757

As some here have noted, Paul Allen, aka, Vulcan Flight Management does operate two B757's. One is dedicated to sports team travel and the other is mostly used for personal travel, although it to is used for team travel on occasion. Now it just so happens that the Sr. Director of Aviation came to his current position from Net Jets where he was a VP of Operations. I believe that he maintains a good professional relationship with NJ and in fact has brought a few former NJ people into the current day VFM ops. Vulcan has in the past had as many as eight NJ shares that they acquired from companies that they have purchsed so they ar not oblivious to the NJ operations.

The fact is that VFM has lost a lot of personnel since the first of the year and I understand that in many cases these folks are not being replaced when they exit the company. So..............maybe there is some interest in using the services of NJ? Does NJ have a Part 121 Supplemental certificate? If not neither of these aircarft would be able to work hard enough to make any project like this meaningful. The Part 125 certificate will not let you hold out for charter, so it's hard to imagine a business case for anything other than a Part 121 operation.

Disclaimer!

All of the above is speculation and should not be taken as gospel. VFM has a pretty darn good group of pilots and I would feel bad for them if they took it in the shorts for some business plan that was sold to the boss by an over reaching Dir of Flight Ops. Having said that. NJ executives have been on the property in the past year so let the speculation continue.

Also, Vulcan has used outside management companies in the past and decided that that was not in their best interest, so anything like this would be a big change from past practice.

 

[SkyGirl]

Having someone go above and beyond for me will allways get a tip. If you don't think that doctors and lawyers get tipped then you're high.

While it may not be a cash in the hand a gift usually shows up at the door. I've seen patients buy doctors nice fishing reels and fly rods. The shelves are full of them. It's a very nice gesture.

Even doctors that are getting treatments give other doctors a gift at the end of the treatment. It's a fact and a nice way to say thank you for helping me.

It's not the same thing. Cash is crass.

A gift exchange between professionals is another thing entirely. I gave my attorney a case of Grey Goose after he helped me conclude a particularly tricky real estate transaction, but I wouldn't have dreamed of rounding his bill off to the nearest $100 if I ever wanted him to represent me again.


_SkyGirl_

 

[VVJM265]

Back to the sidebar on tips...

... I'm still doing what the military trained me to do. I was in the military VIP community for many years with domestic and overseas postings. I served my final six years at Andrews AFB. When I was in a military uniform no senior officer, politician, or foreign dignitary would have dreamed of offering me a gratuity. They respected me as the professional pilot and military officer that I was. I have never expected that to be any different in my civilian uniform.

There is a distinct difference between a military officer's service to the the country and constitution and a service provided by other professionals that engage in an activity for a livelyhood such as pilots, doctors and cab drivers. While I can't find it on the defenselink ethics web site, I'm fairly certain that at a minimum, it creates a conflict of intrest for a senior officer or official to offer a gratuity for what would be consider normal duty. If there was exceptional service provide by the military member, then a more appropriate way is for the senior to offer some token, such as a command coin, to the crew, or better yet write a letter of appreciation or commendation to the member's commanding officer.

I don't think that such a conflict of interest exists between a paid service provider and client. See Diesel's comment above. In fact the entire aim of providing superior service is to establish the customer's loyalty and ensure his repeat business.

How many Heads of State have your experts flown?

No heads of state but in two tours flying DV support, I've flown plenty of DoD officials. I was also the base protocol officer for one of the Navy's overseas bases for 2.5 years. I engaged with the JAG on these types of issues fairly often. In fact one time, we had to pointly remind a pair of congressmen that we could not arrange for base transportation for their planned shop/tour-x. We got them a private hire driver and vehical and they paid out of pocket.

my 10c,
265

 

[gunfyter]

Our Squadron flew many heads of state... including John Paul II.

 

[RTRHD]

I have flown a lot of heads of state, cabinet officials, former U.S. Presidents. The crew split up a sack of money a number of times. (From Middle East officials) But now I just give my thirty-three dollars to the FA.

 

[gunfyter]

when you fly heads of state you receive medallions, pens, coins, sometimes coffee cups.

 

[RTRHD]

How do you spell trinket's. (Tie -Tacks)

 

[gunfyter]

trinkets? I think the guys who flew the Pope got special dispensation.

So they got that going for them....

 

[Diesel]

Sky girl if done with class and in certain situations giving cash is just like giving money.

I'm sure you spent a bunch of time with a lawyer and got to know his likes and dislikes. What about a couple of charter pilots you're spending just 2 hours to get you home asap. How do you say thank you for your hard work and getting me home?

100 bucks for some beers and steaks.