NetJet Pilot fires for being too short?
08-14-2019, 05:56 AM
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08-14-2019, 05:57 AM
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Pilot lawsuit alleges NetJets fired her for being too short to fly.
By Jovana Lara
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 9:14PM
Shari Drerup, a corporate pilot with 14 years experience, says she was fired from private jet service NetJets for being too short.
"They handed me a termination letter, took my badge, my credit card, took my iPad, took my cellphone and treated me like a criminal," says Drerup.
Drerup was hired by NetJets in 2015 and began aircraft training classes in 2016. She says all the pilots in her class were measured before being hired to assure they would fit in all NetJets aircraft. It wasn't until Drerup began simulator training that an instructor told her legs were too short.
"From the moment that they determined that I was too short to fly this airplane, they should have helped me. They should have said, you know what, we've got other aircraft in the fleet, you're a good pilot, let's put you in another airplane."
Instead, Drerup says she was told to buy a booster seat and platform shoes.
Drerup's attorney, Gloria Allred, announced the filing of a lawsuit against Netjets, alleging the company has a double standard for women and men and discriminated against Drerup because she is female.
The lawsuit notes Netjets accommodated male pilots who were too tall for the same plane by transferring them to other aircraft.
"The men who were too tall to fly the Phenom were reassigned to be able to fly other aircraft. She was not afforded that opportunity," says Allred.
Drerup says she is qualified to fly two other Netjets aircraft and should have been given the chance to do so.
"Picture showing up for the job you really thought you were going to have for the rest of your life and being treated like you don't matter and just kind of tossed to the curb."
NetJets tells ABC News it does not comment on pending litigation.
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Link worked for me, as you beat me to it.
Ok, so this 14 year corporate pilot was hired at NetJets in 2015, and started training in 2016. Of note to me, is that she claims all pilots in her class were measured before being hired. Also, she is already typed in 2 other aircraft that NetJets flies.
It seems that it is possible that NetJets has already set a standard (precedent) for pilots (male pilots anyway) that a have a height issue during sim training. Very likely, as usual, there is definitely more to the story than what one side is revealing.
I'm wondering what took her nearly 3 years to file the lawsuit?
Was there some sort of grievance filed on her behalf, even though she was a new-hire probationary pilot?
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Pilot lawsuit alleges NetJets fired her for being too short to fly.
By Jovana Lara
Tuesday, August 13, 2019 9:14PM
Shari Drerup, a corporate pilot with 14 years experience, says she was fired from private jet service NetJets for being too short.
"They handed me a termination letter, took my badge, my credit card, took my iPad, took my cellphone and treated me like a criminal," says Drerup.
Drerup was hired by NetJets in 2015 and began aircraft training classes in 2016. She says all the pilots in her class were measured before being hired to assure they would fit in all NetJets aircraft. It wasn't until Drerup began simulator training that an instructor told her legs were too short.
"From the moment that they determined that I was too short to fly this airplane, they should have helped me. They should have said, you know what, we've got other aircraft in the fleet, you're a good pilot, let's put you in another airplane."
Instead, Drerup says she was told to buy a booster seat and platform shoes.
Drerup's attorney, Gloria Allred, announced the filing of a lawsuit against Netjets, alleging the company has a double standard for women and men and discriminated against Drerup because she is female.
The lawsuit notes Netjets accommodated male pilots who were too tall for the same plane by transferring them to other aircraft.
"The men who were too tall to fly the Phenom were reassigned to be able to fly other aircraft. She was not afforded that opportunity," says Allred.
Drerup says she is qualified to fly two other Netjets aircraft and should have been given the chance to do so.
"Picture showing up for the job you really thought you were going to have for the rest of your life and being treated like you don't matter and just kind of tossed to the curb."
NetJets tells ABC News it does not comment on pending litigation.
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Link worked for me, as you beat me to it.
Ok, so this 14 year corporate pilot was hired at NetJets in 2015, and started training in 2016. Of note to me, is that she claims all pilots in her class were measured before being hired. Also, she is already typed in 2 other aircraft that NetJets flies.
It seems that it is possible that NetJets has already set a standard (precedent) for pilots (male pilots anyway) that a have a height issue during sim training. Very likely, as usual, there is definitely more to the story than what one side is revealing.
I'm wondering what took her nearly 3 years to file the lawsuit?
Was there some sort of grievance filed on her behalf, even though she was a new-hire probationary pilot?
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08-14-2019, 08:34 AM
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Her claim about male pilots who were too tall being accommodated by moving to other aircraft...well the guys were to tall and were so put in LARGER airplanes. Her being too short to fly our SMALLEST plane is something with no remedy. She is just looking for an easy out-of-court settlement and is using the "woman card" as ammunition.
08-14-2019, 08:56 AM
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She also claimed at least one of those pilots was placed in the Encore Plus which see says she is typed in.
Originally Posted by tm602
Her claim about male pilots who were too tall being accommodated by moving to other aircraft...well the guys were to tall and were so put in LARGER airplanes. Her being too short to fly our SMALLEST plane is something with no remedy. She is just looking for an easy out-of-court settlement and is using the "woman card" as ammunition.
08-14-2019, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Gundriver64
She says she was fired for being too "short". That sounds like some compensatory rationalization. Will be interesting to hear Netjet's side of things.
08-14-2019, 09:33 AM
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she's got her Phenom type - so I'm guessing this came up during OE?
If she was too short for the sim, I could see the company going "okay, let's find you a plane that works".
BUT if you go all the way through training and then struggle with safely operating the plane because of a fit issue - the company is going to be less likely to say "hey no problem, let's throw you back through training! who cares about the seat lock".
Regardless, she should be fired for not switching her Jepps to night mode (even in the sim).
If she was too short for the sim, I could see the company going "okay, let's find you a plane that works".
BUT if you go all the way through training and then struggle with safely operating the plane because of a fit issue - the company is going to be less likely to say "hey no problem, let's throw you back through training! who cares about the seat lock".
Regardless, she should be fired for not switching her Jepps to night mode (even in the sim).
08-14-2019, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by tm602
Her claim about male pilots who were too tall being accommodated by moving to other aircraft...well the guys were to tall and were so put in LARGER airplanes. Her being too short to fly our SMALLEST plane is something with no remedy. She is just looking for an easy out-of-court settlement and is using the "woman card" as ammunition.
Directly from the article. I am assuming that means type rated. Just because the outside is small doesn't mean the cockpit is. Also people that use "women card" tend to misogynist A-holes.
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