NJ Recalls

[BentOver]

1.5(C)(4)

11 selloff days per quarter. If they recall you, take it. You'll be furloughed right away again. It's free money.

Resigned a year ago...good luck to the rest

 

[billybob]

You think they will kick us right back out. How would it look?

 

[notaNJApilot]

yeah why would anyone think that? if there was a forced recalled (vs. a voluntary one), wouldn't it happen because demand exceeds supply 11 times in one quarter? that means flying is up and we need more pilots and more aircraft. unless those 11 days were a fluke and high demand isn't sticking around, I would think it's silly to furlough again when we're busy and staying busy.

 

[gunfyter]

I would think it's silly to furlough again when we're busy and staying busy.

How long you been working here?

 

[cldsfr79]

You think they will kick us right back out. How would it look?

I don't think the execs care how it will look. NJ employee relations are night and day comparing pre and post recession.

Even though NJ is profitable and is now GROWING they refuse to recall and would rather spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a day selling off countless trips or create delays bc there are not enough crews to fly the planes to handle demand.

Oh and since it's contract time, they are telling NJ pilots they are not needed and that they want a reduction in their pay and benefits or NJ is doomed. And if NJ pilots refuse, they are threatened with more furloughs and and cancelled aircraft orders.

So long story short, they don't care if they call you back and then furlough you. It would actually prove the point that you are expendable.

 

[billybob]

Stand strong is all I can say. The offer they gave so far 1% a year..... Is a crap covered d!ck they can suck. I want to be back but they have more employees now than in 07 and we are the problem? I hope Njasap is reading this a knows that all of us in the cold will say there rather than come back to less.

Play your games Nja management, I will burn it down and chain the door rather than take less.

10-250
Stand strong

 

[acaTerry]

Stand strong is all I can say. The offer they gave so far 1% a year..... Is a crap covered d!ck they can suck. I want to be back but they have more employees now than in 07 and we are the problem? I hope Njasap is reading this a knows that all of us in the cold will say there rather than come back to less.

Play your games Nja management, I will burn it down and chain the door rather than take less.

10-250
Stand strong

Just to be clear...that's a pay CUT of 1% a year for 5 yrs, among other bad things they"offered".
My favorite part is how they called these things"mutual goals", I haven't laughed so hard in a while.

 

[jonjuan]

Stand strong is all I can say. The offer they gave so far 1% a year..... Is a crap covered d!ck they can suck. I want to be back but they have more employees now than in 07 and we are the problem? I hope Njasap is reading this a knows that all of us in the cold will say there rather than come back to less.

Play your games Nja management, I will burn it down and chain the door rather than take less.

10-250
Stand strong

Don't the owner contracts include yearly CPI increases on management fees which are supposed to capture pilot pay raises? Then again, it's hard to increase raises when every other frax pays their pilots a fraction of what Nj pilots make.

 

[brokeflyer]

it's hard to increase raises when every other frax pays their pilots a fraction of what Nj pilots make.

not really, all the other fractionals aren't netjets. someone else commented about ferrari. A ferrari and a ford fusion both do exactly the same thing.

The ferrari is a little bit more expensive though.

After what avantair did, it seems they were 30% too cheap not netjets being 30% more expensive.

 

[NJAowner]

A ferrari and a ford fusion both do exactly the same thing.

And there is a reason most people (even rich people) do not use a Ferrari for their daily driving needs such as driving to work or when they absolutely, positively have to be there. Just because it is an expensive car does not make it the most suitable vehicle for most needs.

Also, don't forget 2007 was a loooong time ago. Not only was the economy and tax situation different, but NJA had a commanding market share of existing owners and of new fractional owners. Since the market for "fractional" air has changed.

 

[billybob]

Njaowner,

Just asking has the market changed to a point that I should take a 5% pay cut over the next few years?

Would you and others be willing to help us help you buy supporting the pilots.

The owners and the pilots are the life of Nja and when both are happy the company does better.

 

[OPECJet]

Where did I miss this 1% pay cut talk?

 

[jetlag7]

Where did I miss this 1% pay cut talk?

The company outlined their "4 Goals" for negotiations in a newsletter sent to the pilots.

Their "wish list" was so outrageously absurd I have legitimate concerns about the mental stability of the company negotiators...

 

[jonjuan]

Back when there wasn't such a thing as fractional combined with the massive banking industry rise in the early 2000s, nj thrived. Now, dozens of fractionals and charter companies are providing the same service for a "fractional" (pun intended) of the cost. Look at what Kenny d, jet suite, flops, flex, etc are doing in a crappier economy. Costs are getting squeezed.

 

[brokeflyer]

those other operators suck though. Netjets pilots are better.

 

[BentOver]

The company outlined their "4 Goals" for negotiations in a newsletter sent to the pilots.

Their "wish list" was so outrageously absurd I have legitimate concerns about the mental stability of the company negotiators...

Hmmm sounds like they are attempting to set the baseline way low, it'll make a 3% gain look awesome...

When in reality the only reason NJA is still around is the pilots hard work.... So 10% should be the very least

 

[jetlag7]

Hmmm sounds like they are attempting to set the baseline way low, it'll make a 3% gain look awesome...

When in reality the only reason NJA is still around is the pilots hard work.... So 10% should be the very least

Very true... Ops is terribly understaffed these days and we've been carrying a much heavier workload as a result.

Pilots are "burning-out" at a much faster rate than historical norms so fatigue and sick calls are understandably higher.

As far as compensation goes, the 10% you mentioned wouldn't even cover inflationary losses from our last contract. Just to get us back to 2007 wages, that number is closer to 20%.

On top of that, just to achieve parity with our peers who possess similar training, experience and qualifications (who by the way never approach the daily workload we do) you would have to add another 30% to that number.

Yes, I agree they were trying to set the bar low... However, I don't believe they intend to bargain in good faith because that bar isn't anywhere near the ballpark -- in fact, it's not even on the same planet.

 

[pilotyip]

When in reality the only reason NJA is still around is the pilots hard work

So customers finding value in the product has nothing to do with NJ success?

 

[brokeflyer]

So customers finding value in the product has nothing to do with NJ success?

no, he means that NJ screws up stuff for the owner so bad, the only way to fix it and make the operation continue is crew intervention.

 

[OPECJet]

The company outlined their "4 Goals" for negotiations in a newsletter sent to the pilots.

Their "wish list" was so outrageously absurd I have legitimate concerns about the mental stability of the company negotiators...

Agreed. The way I read it is that 1% isn't just a paycut, but overall lowering of labor cost. The savings could be realized in places other than a paycut (think insurance, vacation, etc). No thank you.....