NetJets Pilot Union Airs Grievances in Wall Street Journal Ad

The high-profile protest is designed to apply pressure to NetJets parent company Berkshire Hathaway.

Monday, December 04, 2023 at 03:50 PM ET

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Members of the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots have staged protests over pay and scheduling. [Courtesy: NJASAP]

Key Takeaways:

NetJets pilots, represented by the NJASAP union, publicly criticized their employer (a Berkshire Hathaway unit owned by Warren Buffett) via a Wall Street Journal ad after contract negotiations stalled.
The union alleges NetJets refuses to offer market-rate wages and improve scheduling, prompting hundreds of pilots to leave for better-paying positions at major airlines.
Pilots are demanding compensation competitive with major carriers, stating they are unwilling to earn significantly less than their peers, and continue to organize protests to pressure the company.

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A group of pilots has called out its boss, famous investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet, with a Wall Street Journal ad criticizing corporate policy at NetJets Aviation Inc., the Berkshire Hathaway unit where it works.

The pilots, who are members of the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP), an independent pilot labor union, said they took out the front-page ad after their negotiations with NetJets soured. The union said NetJets has refused “to pay market-rate wages for pilot labor and to make commonsense enhancements to current scheduling practices.”