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Old 05-18-2019, 11:55 AM
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In my third year here as a line pilot in dissipating CJ fleet.

1) I just received a 12th pay increase since starting in April 2017.

2) I can count on one hand the number of nights I have stayed at a Holiday Inn express here. I am both a Hilton Diamond member and Marriott Bonvoy Platinum member. I stay mostly in Marriott propers, a Courtyard as second choice.

3) The cost of family health coverage and low 401k matching are the two biggest negatives. But, if your single or your spouse has a career also, it’s not that big of a deal to some of us. Atleast the employee has zero cost full medical coverage.

4) The leadership of this company has done everything they said they were going to do. They have been good to myself and many others; given us opportunities I don’t believe would have been offered elsewhere.

5) Quality of Life and job security are important to me. I believe most have those two things at fly Exclusive.


Health insurance is not an issue with me and I like Holiday Inn Express. Are they still hiring FO’s? Also, how many different captains do you fly with in a month?

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Old 05-19-2019, 10:13 PM
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Thank you that’s all I ask is some of your pilots respect others... I have no beef with FE and if people come your way I hope they do well. Lying and scare tactics have no place in the 135 world. So if anyone was offended by my previous post I apologize and to FE Pilots.
However I have personally been told by one of senior pilot at (FE) “GAMA gonna be dropped like a prom dress”. And “they are giving FE all there planes so you better come work for us today or else”. And then states Because your cost are high. But truth be told “ are cost are high”. But we boost of the industry leading 99% customer satisfaction rating with customers. Money can’t buy that. And are contract was just renewed with WUP. So to say Gama will always be around forever is a lie to. But we aren’t going anywhere fast either. Let’s work together and not whipsaw each like the regionals did years ago. And I would hope that if Gama is able to secure 7 x 7 that FE would be able to piggyback off of our gains. Not to benefit the company per se but to benefit the pilots who are on the line every day and want to see their family more .

1212135,

Sorry that one ours said something so obtuse, and just plain stupid to you. I will quote myself from a thread back in March, that was alluding to the fact that we all were merging or something (Highly Unlikely), where I said that you GAMA pilots were a class act and that you all did a great job for Wheels Up.

To begin with, you and Wheels Up are attached at the hip. It would be darn near impossible to do a seamless transition away from GAMA to crew all of their airplanes and their clients.. And get an equal amount of pilots trained overnight in the 350, XL, & X. Yeah righhht. Never gonna happen.

And remember that most of here have at least one good friend over there (and vice versa), and many have many friends over there. Not to mention, that there are GAMA Alumni over here and flyExclusive Alumni over there.

We all need to stick together and realize that when one pilot wins, we all win and when GAMA is winning that flyExclusive probably is too. After all, Wheels Up is definitely one of our important customers, and I am sure that they want us to play nice.

Unfortunately, as awesome as we are, even flyExclusive has "that guy....", and it looks like you ran into him/her. The rest or us are great, though.. LOL.

Best of luck and Blue Skies.
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Old 05-25-2019, 04:47 AM
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Is Fly Exclusive getting Wheels Up branded aircraft and/or are the aircraft being provided by Wheels Up? I've heard rumors that Wheels Up is sending airplanes to you guys instead of Gama. Curious if there is any truth to it.
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Old 05-25-2019, 07:04 AM
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No merit to the rumor. No Uniform Pop tails on our cert or coming. Flyexclusive stands alone and owns all company assets.
We do however provide substantial supplemental lift for the Wheels Up program.

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Is Fly Exclusive getting Wheels Up branded aircraft and/or are the aircraft being provided by Wheels Up? I've heard rumors that Wheels Up is sending airplanes to you guys instead of Gama. Curious if there is any truth to it.
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Old 05-25-2019, 11:24 AM
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No merit to the rumor. No Uniform Pop tails on our cert or coming. Flyexclusive stands alone and owns all company assets.
We do however provide substantial supplemental lift for the Wheels Up program.
Hey HDBUG,

Ditto to what Amphibian said... It’’s crazy, because rumors that are positive, such as us growing and getting more aircraft, are usually started from within... But several of us are getting calls from our GAMA buds about it, so it doesn’t appear to be coming from us.

I definitely feel that we are adding planes because of our agreement with Wheels Up, but not ones that GAMA pilots would be crewing. Our fastest growing fleet is the Encore+, and part of that flying will certainly be Wheels Up, but I don’t think that it is exclusive to WUP and they definitely aren’t coming from WUP.

It’s an interesting rumor, though.... Fly safe!
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Old 05-26-2019, 06:33 AM
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Lying and scare tactics have no place in the 135 world.
Lolwhut? 135...????
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Old 05-26-2019, 07:29 AM
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Hey HDBUG,

Ditto to what Amphibian said... It’’s crazy, because rumors that are positive, such as us growing and getting more aircraft, are usually started from within... But several of us are getting calls from our GAMA buds about it, so it doesn’t appear to be coming from us.

I definitely feel that we are adding planes because of our agreement with Wheels Up, but not ones that GAMA pilots would be crewing. Our fastest growing fleet is the Encore+, and part of that flying will certainly be Wheels Up, but I don’t think that it is exclusive to WUP and they definitely aren’t coming from WUP.

It’s an interesting rumor, though.... Fly safe!
I figured this was the case, but I hate rumors and would rather have a real answer. I definitely agree that the rumors are probably coming from our house. I think there is some nervousness with aircraft deliveries being slowed down over here.
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Old 05-26-2019, 08:21 AM
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hdgbug-
See paragraph below from Feb. '19 Forbes article.

"Wheels Up launched a new fixed rate program for light jets accessible to its Individual and Corporate members. The program uses aircraft from third-party operators and complements its turboprop offering via its King Airs and its fleet of Citation Excel/XLS midsize aircraft. For now, the program covers flights departing from airports east of the Mississippi at a fixed hourly rate of $5,795 (not including FET). Deicing is not included in the pricing, there is a 72-hour window for reservations as available. Flight minimums are the same 60 minutes as its existing jet card programs."

flyExclusive is a third-party operator and our fleet of Encore+'s complement the Uniform Pop King Air's. In addition to the light jet program, our Excel & new Ten fleets have supplemental lift and recovery capabilities for the Wheels Up fleet.

No need for nervousness, we appreciate all the flying you all are sending our way!

In fact, there is some nervousness among our pilot group that we will soon be required shed our polo shirts for button downs with epaulettes and there is even talk of a tie...to make an important customer happy!

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I figured this was the case, but I hate rumors and would rather have a real answer. I definitely agree that the rumors are probably coming from our house. I think there is some nervousness with aircraft deliveries being slowed down over here.

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hdgbug-
See paragraph below from Feb. '19 Forbes article.

In fact, there is some nervousness among our pilot group that we will soon be required shed our polo shirts for button downs with epaulettes and there is even talk of a tie...to make an important customer happy!
Fear not, Amphibian... There is a company that will transform ANY tie into a clip on!!!!!
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Old 05-27-2019, 06:06 PM
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Talking For you, Amphibian..

For you, Amphibian....

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