what is the advantage of this if pilots can't cross the pond? just curious.
I think you guys are confusing NJI and NJE. "I" and "E" have nothing to do with each other or the single carrier announcement. It has nothing to do with crossing the pond....everyone does that now.
NetJets history 101:
NetJets,
Inc. Owns all divisions worldwide.
NJA - NetJets Aviation, Inc (CMH) is a union shop.
NJI - NetJets
International, Inc. (SAV/BDL) is non-union.
NJEU - NetJets Europe (Lisbon)
All three companies fly international flights.
NJI was formed in 1995 when the parent company to NetJets (EJA) formed a partnership with Gulfstream Aerospace to start the Gulfstream Shares program. Gulfstream being strong anti-union, did not want union pilots flying "their" airplanes. Since Gulfstream was a stakeholder and "gave" EJA its first 4 GIVs, they got their wish and union pilots were denied seats in the Gulfstream.
Fast forward to the 2005 CBA, NJA pilots are allowed transfer rights to PIC and SIC slots in the GIV. NJI pilots have no transfer rights to NJA.
This announcement will add approx 50 Gulfstreams to NJA's fleet and add approx 300
NON-Union pilots to the
UNION seniority list. It is very significant because it will be one of the few, if any, pilot groups to merge without arbitration/NMB or even having to file a SC petition. And probably the first large pilot group to merge seniority lists strictly by DOH, especially given that one group is union and the other is not.