Thursday, June 6, 2024 On Monday, the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP) was informed that NetJets had unexpectedly filed a lawsuit in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. The suit alleges that the Union has defamed the Fractional in statements about safety, maintenance, and pilot training concerns dating back nearly a year. NJASAP, an independent labor advocate, represents the interests of the more than 3,400 pilots who serve NetJets Aviation, Inc.
, a Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK) company. “NJASAP stands by the concerns we have raised about pilot training and the safety and maintenance cultures—concerns that have only intensified in recent months,” stated NJASAP President Capt. Pedro Leroux.
“We view the lawsuit as an attempt to silence us. However, NJASAP has a federally protected right and an organizational and moral responsibility to our members—the NetJets pilots—and to our customers to raise safety issues, and we will continue to do just that.” The filing news reached NJASAP after Union leaders had repeatedly reaffirmed the Association’s commitment to working with management to address safety, training, and maintenance concerns.
“Despite our outreach, management has chosen not to engage us in this manner, opting instead to expend its time and energy pursuing legal action against its front-line employees rather than addressing our legitimate concerns,” Leroux added. “Management’s retaliatory course of action will not com.