NetJets Furloughing?
#121
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Joined APC: Apr 2006
Position: Furloughed
Posts: 429
OH man the X is so hard to fly I am amazed I can even do it!!! All planes are easy to fly with a little training. In the fractional world the bigger the plane the more you work but they all pay the same with few exceptions so I prefer the smallest plane possible but you got plenty of small d#$% that want to fly the biggest plane possible. Oh and all you old farts need to get a life and retire.
#122
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Joined APC: Mar 2005
Position: Airbus Capt
Posts: 61
I mean you work harder for the same pay. Plus you get to sit in that tiny Cessna cockpit on transcons.
#123
I'm sure everything in relative in the cockpit - size wise I've heard that the avionics in the X (e.g. the FMS) isn't the most user friendly; so I would asssume that 'more work' in this respect means means a little more attention/work required to fly from point A to point B - and at speeds that many others can't reach.
flyguy37:
OH man the X is so hard to fly I am amazed I can even do it!!! All planes are easy to fly with a little training.
USMCFLYR
Last edited by USMCFLYR; 11-07-2009 at 11:41 AM.
#124
agree- even I sometimes have to play with the rudders to keep it on centerline or coming in. husky ftw
#125
USMCFLYR
#126
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Posts: 647
"Warren Buffett's NetJets is putting 495 of its 3200 pilots on furlough effective January 15, as the Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary continues to cut back in the face of a slowdown in private corporate air travel.
In a statement quoted by Bloomberg, CEO David Sokol says, “This difficult decision resulted from a comprehensive analysis of current and projected flight demand. As we move forward, we will continue to adjust our operations to meet customers’ needs and act in a fiscally responsible manner."
Sokol, the Chairman of Berkshire's MidAmerican Energy Holdings, assumed the NetJets CEO job last August after founder Richard Santulli abruptly resigned.
In September, Columbus, Ohio-based NetJets announced plans to cut roughly 350 non-pilot jobs by the end of the year."
In a statement quoted by Bloomberg, CEO David Sokol says, “This difficult decision resulted from a comprehensive analysis of current and projected flight demand. As we move forward, we will continue to adjust our operations to meet customers’ needs and act in a fiscally responsible manner."
Sokol, the Chairman of Berkshire's MidAmerican Energy Holdings, assumed the NetJets CEO job last August after founder Richard Santulli abruptly resigned.
In September, Columbus, Ohio-based NetJets announced plans to cut roughly 350 non-pilot jobs by the end of the year."
#127
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Joined APC: Apr 2006
Position: Furloughed
Posts: 429
USMCFLYR, I apologize for being a smarta$$. Kind of emotional time for us guys at the bottom right now. In the fractional world under the owner contracts a bigger plane can cover a smaller plane's trip but not the other way around. So the BBJ can cover a Beechjet trip but obviously a beechjet cannot cover a BBJ trip so by this method the bigger the plane the more trips you can cover so you work more. Trust me your FA-18 is way more fun than any plane you will fly in the civilian world and better job security. We have quite a few guys here at NJ that wish they were back in the military (and some are getting back in) Most of us are hoping we can better our lives enough in the next 5 years to not have to take a callback to NJ.
#128
USMCFLYR, I apologize for being a smarta$$. Kind of emotional time for us guys at the bottom right now. In the fractional world under the owner contracts a bigger plane can cover a smaller plane's trip but not the other way around. So the BBJ can cover a Beechjet trip but obviously a beechjet cannot cover a BBJ trip so by this method the bigger the plane the more trips you can cover so you work more. Trust me your FA-18 is way more fun than any plane you will fly in the civilian world and better job security. We have quite a few guys here at NJ that wish they were back in the military (and some are getting back in) Most of us are hoping we can better our lives enough in the next 5 years to not have to take a callback to NJ.
USMCFLYR
#130
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Joined APC: May 2009
Posts: 5
It was obvious we had to furlough, there was no way around it. I didn't want to talk about numbers because we didn't know how many until today when it became public.....yes 495 is the number
Does this leave Fedex, UPS and Southwest as the only major American companies with no pilot furlougs?
Does this leave Fedex, UPS and Southwest as the only major American companies with no pilot furlougs?
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