Lear70
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Oh God, and here we go on a "my operation is better than your operation" between fractional and major.
Here's a hint; there's tools on every side. As a whole, Netjets pilots tend to be pretty arrogant these days (and I have several friends that work over there), but you guys probably don't notice it, as you're all in your own little groups like up at First in TEB.
Was in SNA the other day, didn't get much sleep with a 0430 wakeup call, it was 8:30 in the morning, and I'm in the crew lounge in a barka lounger catching a few z's waiting for our pax, when one of your X captains came in, looked around, went out, then 5 minutes later, just as I'm drifting off, came back in with his crew meal while SINGING LOUDLY ON THE PHONE Happy Birthday to someone.
That particular SNA FBO has a lunch room and another crew lounge upstairs that's not as closed in for people who might NOT want to sleep.
D*ckhead saw me, and continued to YELL into his cell phone anyway. I got up and said, "Thanks for letting me get some sleep" and he just looked at me like I was speaking Russian. Clueless AND classless. Went back towards the bathroom and passed his F/O who was in the break room, asked him why he wasn't with his captain in the lounge and he said, "Well, you were sleeping, and he's a tool, so no thanks, I'll eat here." Cool guy, and respectful of other people.
That's not to say I haven't met my share of arrogant Legacy Captains too, but people are not the end-all be-all of aviation just because of where they work or the aseat they're in, nor is anyone recession-proof. Although Netjets looks pretty good now, all it takes is some changes in the tax code and it won't be such a great shelter anymore. No one is "safe", just some relatively so at this particular moment.
So why don't we quit the bickering and just realize that people make choices and NONE of us know how they'll work out in the end. Slamming a guy for making what looked like a reasonable jump at the BEGINNING of the major hiring curve (when it's historically been a safe time to go when looking at the last 4 decades of hiring/furlough curves), when that was his dream job, is simply petty and asinine.
Here's a hint; there's tools on every side. As a whole, Netjets pilots tend to be pretty arrogant these days (and I have several friends that work over there), but you guys probably don't notice it, as you're all in your own little groups like up at First in TEB.
Was in SNA the other day, didn't get much sleep with a 0430 wakeup call, it was 8:30 in the morning, and I'm in the crew lounge in a barka lounger catching a few z's waiting for our pax, when one of your X captains came in, looked around, went out, then 5 minutes later, just as I'm drifting off, came back in with his crew meal while SINGING LOUDLY ON THE PHONE Happy Birthday to someone.
That particular SNA FBO has a lunch room and another crew lounge upstairs that's not as closed in for people who might NOT want to sleep.
D*ckhead saw me, and continued to YELL into his cell phone anyway. I got up and said, "Thanks for letting me get some sleep" and he just looked at me like I was speaking Russian. Clueless AND classless. Went back towards the bathroom and passed his F/O who was in the break room, asked him why he wasn't with his captain in the lounge and he said, "Well, you were sleeping, and he's a tool, so no thanks, I'll eat here." Cool guy, and respectful of other people.
That's not to say I haven't met my share of arrogant Legacy Captains too, but people are not the end-all be-all of aviation just because of where they work or the aseat they're in, nor is anyone recession-proof. Although Netjets looks pretty good now, all it takes is some changes in the tax code and it won't be such a great shelter anymore. No one is "safe", just some relatively so at this particular moment.
So why don't we quit the bickering and just realize that people make choices and NONE of us know how they'll work out in the end. Slamming a guy for making what looked like a reasonable jump at the BEGINNING of the major hiring curve (when it's historically been a safe time to go when looking at the last 4 decades of hiring/furlough curves), when that was his dream job, is simply petty and asinine.
