Originally Posted by
obiden
I hope you're not implying that Netjets pilots are immune to furlough because of their union. About 500 pilots would disagree with you.
I agree that Flex still may not be the better career option of the 2. However, since they rid themselves of the union they've made more gains than NJASAP has for NJ pilots.
Not talking about furloughs at all. The lack of a union isn't why Flex has achieved so many gains. The current lack of pilot supply is what brought Flex up- pay up to attract and keep pilots or you don't have a viable business. The same reason Delta, Alaska, Spirit, etc... have gotten new contracts with large raises. If Flex is best for you, stick around. I wouldn't, but then again, I'm not sure I'm going to stick around NetJets either. There is no way I'd consider a non union pilot job, but then again, 99.9% of the good pilot positions are unionized. Neither Flex or NetJets are particularly good pilot jobs even with whatever gains they have gotten since one got rid of their union and the other continued to get new, better contracts outside of the normal timelines.