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Buffett Says NetJets ’Dipped Far into the Red’
Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett, in his latest annual letter to shareholders issued Saturday, said the company’s flight services division–FlightSafety and NetJets–reported $120 million in pre-tax earnings versus $191 million in 2004. According to Buffett, “Earnings improved at FlightSafety as corporate aviation continued its rebound…[but] operating results at NetJets were a different story. I said last year that [NetJets] would earn money in 2005–and I was dead wrong. Our European operation…showed both excellent growth and a reduced loss…however, our U.S. operation dipped far into the red.” Buffett also addressed management succession at Berkshire: “We have three managers at Berkshire who are reasonably young and fully capable of being CEO. Berkshire’s board has fully discussed each of the three CEO candidates and has unanimously agreed on…who should succeed me if a replacement were needed today.” An October 2000 Wall Street Journal article identified NetJets chairman and CEO Richard Santulli as being one of the three CEO candidates.

'nuff said.....
 
Do you really think Buffett would be talking out loud about losing money unless there was a reason behind it? Its probably some kinda spin/maneuver of some sort...
 
gunfyter said:
And gives Raises to non bargaining pilots

Because if he hadn't, there was a good chance they would've become bargaining pilots. And he doesn't want them to be bargaining pilots.

Machiavellian, perhaps. But smart.
 
ArtVandalay said:
Expect netjets to ask for paycuts from the pilots in the near future???

That would be met with a round of laughter followed by the raising of a finger... You guess which one....

We were so underpaid for so long it was disgusting and for them to ask for anything back from the pilots would be laughable. This is considering how pathetic they run the place. The good old boys BS has to end in CMH. The amount of money I have got in extended days from piss poor scheduling alone is only one example. So until RTS reins in his morons in scheduling they could always ask, but this pilot would fight until the end to keep what I EARNED....
 
I am a full pay till the last day kind of guy. I will never vote to give anything back. Once they get a some, they just come back for more. Sorry. Close the doors, I can find work in another line of work.
 
I stole this one from a friend:

"NetJets. We waste more money before 9 AM than most companies do all day."
 
gutshotdraw said:
I stole this one from a friend:

"NetJets. We waste more money before 9 AM than most companies do all day."

Good quote and boy is that ever the truth. We are truly good at just blowing $$$ away. Nobody can take that out on the pilots though......
 
Yeah well Ill bet ya that the morons managing the operations at FLOPS are just as bad if not worse. It would be interesting to see a comparison survey.


They spend a buck to save a dime....:rolleyes:
 

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