Strike Vote Called For at NetJets

[PseudoName]

Ya missed the part that says 18% of our pilots are on food stamps. I bet your NOT!

You are right, I don't qualify for food stamps....I just live within my means.

You believe that a family can't live on 28K the first year?? I survived on 20K for my first job, providing for a family and making a mortgage payment. We did just fine. Of course, we didn't have a townhouse in Manhattan or an apartment on the beach!

I know a 1st year NJA guy who just built a new house and lives within his means. He has no outside resources other than his salary at NJA. Maybe your 18% on food stamps should find out his secret.

 

[buttercup]

You are right, I don't qualify for food stamps....I just live within my means.

You believe that a family can't live on 28K the first year?? I survived on 20K for my first job, providing for a family and making a mortgage payment. We did just fine. Of course, we didn't have a townhouse in Manhattan or an apartment on the beach!

I know a 1st year NJA guy who just built a new house and lives within his means. He has no outside resources other than his salary at NJA. Maybe your 18% on food stamps should find out his secret.

What part of the country do you live in?

 

[Diesel]

great i really want to live in the midwest and tip cows all night.

For those of us that live in the northeast 20k is poverty wage.

 

[PseudoName]

There are others, both on the handout and in Pro Pilot, but these are the 4 mentioned in PN's post. Do note that on the graph, the XL bar is just under the 100K line. Nor is there any mention of AVERAGE salaries.

OK, wifey....I am corrected. I just assumed that a Union would choose to use an average salary....since that is reasonable and fair. That's what the majority of us in corporate aviation uses, and since you are demanding to be paid like the rest of us, maybe you ought to use numbers more in line with the rest of us.

Did ya notice that there is a 20-30K difference in the average salary and top dollar? I bet your owners would.

Do you guys even realize that your owners talk with their buddies who have flight departments and own their airplanes? They discuss what they pay their pilots.....I know my boss does. You guys only work 17 days a month. A corporate flight department is on call 365/7! Although we don't fly every day, in the NJA owners mind, he is probably thinking why on earth should NJA pay its pilots near what his buddy pays his flight crew who are on call 365/7. If you think your owners are going to believe the B$ you are pumping them with....well, you will find out what will happen.

 

[PseudoName]

great i really want to live in the midwest and tip cows all night.

For those of us that live in the northeast 20k is poverty wage.

Oh yeah, if you spend all your money on beer and porn!

Come on, who are you kidding. I lived in the Northeast and made 22K, lived in a nice apartment, had food on the table and put a little in savings. I didn't have alot of stuff, though.

As I stated earlier......I lived within my means.

 

[Diesel]

Only crappy corporate departments are on call 24/7. Good ones have enough pilots to schedule hard days off. What your talking about is a charter outfit. I'm sure g200 would say that he has plenty of hard days off.

So you lived in the northeast with a family at 22k? Yeah right. Anybody can live on 20k in some craphole apartment in the combat zone of boston.

Pseudo I don't really care about your plight, or the fact YOU can live on 22k. Not my problem. I don't care. We are fighting for a better QOL. Accept it and stop trying to bring negativity.

 

[semperfido]

Oh yeah, if you spend all your money on beer and porn!

Come on, who are you kidding. I lived in the Northeast and made 22K, lived in a nice apartment, had food on the table and put a little in savings. I didn't have alot of stuff, though.

As I stated earlier......I lived within my means.

good for you...now go back to your apt and eat some hot dogs and beans

 

[FAcFriend]

Diesel

I Understood you want them to pay for your college too. But corp pays for courses related to your job -

If you are a pilot they pay for your training related to your job AND pay for your time to take them-

For other employees they pay for courses related to their jobs and do not pay for the time for the employees to take them.

 

[PseudoName]

Yeah and most corporate departments don't fly 5 legs a day 90 hours a month. Or how about gone 17 days a month.

AvCrew Pilot Survey 2004

Fractional Pilot - Average Days Flown/Month 16.4
Charter Pilot - Average Days Flown/Month 17.7

Fractional Pilot - Average RONs/Month 13.1
Charter Pilot - Average RONs/Month 6.2

Looks like you guys are pretty close to flying the same amount of days that the charter world does. Yes, you have more RONs on the average (I am doing 14.5/month), but when you are home....you are home, no pager, no phone to answer!

The survey doesn't take into account that although a charter pilot flies more days on average than a NJA pilot does, the other days during the month, the pilot is on call....ready to fly.

 

[FAcFriend]

semper,

I dont know how long ago you worked for your old company. many companies in the past did alot of things-

things change. I know of few companies today that will pay for you to take courses that are not directly related to your present job.

In fact, I cannot name one.

PS how many of the general population of ALL workers in this country that have two children and two wage earners are on WIC. Wic is different BTW than food stamps... (you gotta be poor to know these things!!)