NJ pilot union suing company over use of vendor aircraft?

[netjetwife]

I don't have examples of specific locations; I'll leave that to the NJ pilots. What I am saying is that some of the pilots believe (obviously those filing grievances do) that they could have been used much more productively than they were on days that flights were sold off. They see the percentage of sell-offs as unacceptable. Basically that was my husband's reason for filing his grievance. I'm following it enough to know that it is considered a scope problem and that the cards are in the middle of there, too. I'm saying that Yosemite's post sounds familiar to me. I've heard the same explanations at home and the NJ pilots are standing up for their rights, as well they should! THAT is what I am saying... NJW

 

[x402]

Let me get this straight. You are saying that NJ has a crew and airplane sitting in, say TEB, and a pax wants to go from TEB to DAL. Is the company really flying in a vendor aircraft and crew to fly that trip? There has to be more to this. Why would NJ spend all that extra money (I do know that if a vendor a/c is used the customer only pays their contracted hourly rate).

Let's say that a busy weekend is coming and demand really does exceed NJA's ability to meet that demand. They book BLOCKS of time from vendors so they will be availible when they are needed. When the plan changes they use the vendors to cover flights on non busy days.
Personally, I have ferried 3 hrs to BACK UP a vendor flight.
Lack of strategic planning, poor daily operational planning, poor mx scheduling and just general 'we don't care about the cost' waste, is how you get there. Oh yes, it helps the bottom line look worse and we're in negoitations.

 

[Grizz]

Let me get this straight. You are saying that NJ has a crew and airplane sitting in, say TEB, and a pax wants to go from TEB to DAL. Is the company really flying in a vendor aircraft and crew to fly that trip? There has to be more to this. Why would NJ spend all that extra money (I do know that if a vendor a/c is used the customer only pays their contracted hourly rate).

Suen,

Once they've bought the time from a vendor, they use that rather than flying a NetJets crew that is available. The problem is, the contract they signed with the pilots many moons ago doesn't allow for that except in very limited situations. Thus the class action grievance on section 1.4 of our contract.