A private aircraft on the ramp. [File Photo, Courtesy: NetJets]
Key Takeaways:
NetJets terminated two high-ranking officials from its pilots' union (NJASAP), including the vice president, in a move the union calls "unprecedented" and retaliatory.
NJASAP alleges the firings are in direct retaliation for the officials' role in negotiating a new contract with $1.6 billion in improvements, while NetJets has declined to comment.
This incident marks the latest escalation in ongoing tensions between NetJets and its pilots' union, following a recent defamation lawsuit filed by the company against NJASAP.
Two high-ranking elected officials within the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP)—including the union’s vice president—were recently terminated from the company in what the labor group is calling an “unprecedented” move.
The NJASAP represents NetJets’ 3,430 pilots and recently signed a new contract with the world’s largest private jet operator.
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