Oliver Reed said:
No to my relief I don't work at JetRide, though I will confess I used to work at "the net". Have been watching AirNet/JR with interest since my departure.
Admittedly, you'd know better than I, but I understand that all pilots negotiate their own salary and there is, as of today, significant differences between individuals pay. If this is true it proves my point which you rejected- you are paid (within reason) what YOU think you are worth, both individually and especially as a collective group. It's no different part 91.
Regarding airnet training, ignoring conglomerate "fuzzy" accounting; apparently NetJets, Flex and dozens of companies, large and small fork out for training over and above the minimum "rubber stamping" and make a decent profit. That's one of the reasons they can charge a premium for their product. As big as airnet/JR is CRM, international training and customer service and all the other stuff could be very economical if it was done in house. I guess you just need the experience to teach it. Also, it's a hell of a lot cheaper than a bent airplane or a guy losing his ticket/job (not that I remember the net giving a dang about that). My Fd reports to the accounting dept once a year. We just tell em the airlines do it and that's good enough. Safety- get's those heart strings every time. As far as I'm concerned, doing airplanes is expensive and exclusive, if you can't afford it, you need to find another field of business.
QoL issues? I guess it's not fair from second hand info to bash, but from memory WDR11 places you squarely in management and/or training, which if probably means you spend most of your time in the CMH and not on the line.
You are making far too many assumptions, not to mention the fact that completly misunderstood several of my points.
Who said I did not negoiate my salary. I negoiated my copilot salary when I came over, and my capt salary when I upgraded. Granted there wasnt much wiggle room, they had parameters for flight time and experience. Coming over I had no 60 time. A high paying 60 position at another company would be out of the question since I had no time and no type. The same when I upgraded to capt. I was a relatively "green" captain. Having a family I also cannnot afford the luxury of giving the finger to every employeer that will not pay me a "liveable wage for", my " relavent station in life". As far as part 91 you miss my point. Average wages for a 91 job are considerably higher than a comparable 135 position.
Your "'fuzzy' accounting" remark labels you as one of the many uninformed/brainwashed people on the freight side who equate Jetride with Enron (only on a much smaller scale). Did you just say that NetJets makes a profit?? At times, and when they do it is pretty slim, perhaps it involves more "'fuzzy' accounting". I
ncidentally, what are these other companies "large and small" that you are refering too? Quit speaking in generalities.
As far as "rubber stamping" goes, Netjets has had their own problems with pencil whipping checkrides.
As far as charging a premium, we do. Our retail price is higher than most LR60 charter operators. If we are so unsafe why are the majority of our customers Netjets, Flex, and Citation Shares? I will agree that we need international training, and CRM standardization (which just came out). But our customer service is top notch.
I am not sure what you are refering to with Airnet "not giving a dang" about loosing a ticket. Safety? If so our safety record is unbeatable. For the number of operations flown we have the fewest accidents of any 135 operator.
We are Wyvren Argus certified, what else do you want?
As far as assuming that I live in CMH, it was an honest mistake for someone as completly unfamilar with Jetride as you are. All Jetride captains are assigned a two digit number. I have been with Airnet for 5 years and I have never, nor have I wanted to live in CMH/LCK. I spent all five years on the line.
So far everything you have written, with few exceptions (need for international and CRM training), have been wrong. If you want to respond try to be accurate if you are going keep the
sanctimonious tone.
WDR11
*edit* I wanted to add that I am not trying to offend anyone with NetJets. I was meerly countering an individual that seemed that seemed to think that they were
infallible. Really NetJets and Jetride are to different things, like the old apples and oranges comparison. Simply put NetJets has its own set of problems (just like all other operators) that no amount of money will fix.