NetJets abandons highly effective safety program

Rather than address concerns voiced by its pilots' union about a potential program data breach, NetJets chose to unilaterally terminate the tri-partite Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) Program, a highly effective, FAA-approved program. The parties have used this industry-standard initiative to identify and mitigate safety concerns for more than a decade. Read more here ... 

In addition to terminating its industry-standard FOQA Program, NetJets has altered all Safety Management System (SMS) components that involve direct communication between the FAA and NJASAP, dramatically diminishing the pilot group’s ability to share safety concerns with the  federal agency. Learn more about SMS here ...

An independent pilot labor advocate, the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP) represents the professional interests of the 3,500-plus crewmembers who fly in the service of NetJets Aviation, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary. // A relentless guardian and defender, NJASAP protects and enhances its members' careers via vigorous contract negotiation and enforcement, untiring support for a multi‐faceted operational safety apparatus, responsive and transparent organizational leadership and unwavering support for its government affairs program.