The future of netjets.

[NJAowner]

NJA keeps spending money on really silly things (think inflight medical help for Thurston and Lovey's poodle), and we charge the most, and I see about as decent a future here as anywhere in aviation (better really).

A few facts here. NJA is not the most expensive. In the few fleets I looked at (Excel and Sovereign), CS is more expensive. In comparing to Flight Ops, NJA is not more than a meal a month more expensive than FlOps.

As far as the pooch, it is a great idea which probably will not cost the company much. Since many owners do travel with their pets, how do you find a good vet in a strange town. This is just an expention of what American Express does with the Platinum Card and NJA does with the Mayo clinic. And for the pilots, better to call an 800 number than try to line up a vet for Mrs. Thurston Howelll III's poodle while you are trying to fly and be attentive.

Fly safe.

 

[Stealthh21]

True. Additionally, as has been pointed out before, the company also spent a lot of money buying up vendor time in anticipation of a strike. It seems to me that they could have saved everyone a lot of time and money if they had just used those dollars to help make the first TA acceptable.

Hey I remember that. That's when the "scab" term was tossed over to the 135 pilots.

 

[realityman]

Ah, NJAOwner, my apologies if I offended you in any way. Mostly, we enjoy Thurston and Lovey's pets on the aircraft. Most seem to have very sweet dispostions, and I do like animals (although I know of one owner who muzzles his german shepard and advises the crews to let him know before we go back and use the lav because he'll want to hang onto the dog. that one doesn't give me case of the warm and fuzzies).

But I stand by my statement that it's not very practical, and even if it doesn't cost much, it's still NJA blowing good money on, at best, a mediocre idea.
What if something happens to an owner's pet while we're flying? The crew or the owner can call the pet medline, or whatever they're calling it. But then what? Guess what? NJA isn't stocking the aircraft with any sort of medications or things along those lines for pets. I'm not sure how well the AED would work on Rover, but I'll be the first to admit it might be fun to find out . And good luck getting fluffy to keep the nitro pill under her tongue! And while we do strive for the best service we can possibly provide here at NJA, I think you'll be hard pressed to find any of our crews willing to perform mouth-to-mouth on junior's pet python "squeezy".

As for finding a reputable vet in a strange town, not sure how well the veterinary community is connected, unlike the human medical community where we can call the Mayo Clinic and find a good doctor anywhere. Maybe it'll help. Or maybe we'd be better off just asking the airport folks, or even the local yellow pages, where the nearest and/or best vet in town is.

It's a nice effort on NJA's part to provide a higher level of service to our clients, but overall it just seems like someone back at HQ trying to justify why they should keep drawing a salary.

Thanks for putting me straight about NJA not being the priciest (sp?). All said and done, I thought we were the most expensive. Good to know someone else can make that claim.