YanniHD 7.1

I just got home last night from a week of committee meetings in Columbus OH. When completed, this product will be used by over 3,000 pilots on a daily basis. It is no surprise that the Netjets pilots are unionized but in its current iteration this is not your typical labor management relation.

We (company and pilots) al realize that we are involved in a fantastic company, working with outstanding people, flying totally awesome equipment. Those three elements have been in place since I started ten plus years ago. What is really cool is the relationship between the union and the company. It is a joint working relationship in the truest sense of the word.

It is absolutely amazing the extent of qualification unrelated to flying that exists in the pilot group. When there is a project to be completed the labor relations management people assemble a stellar group of men and women from both the company and the union to produce a product that is far and above what anyone person, labor or management could produce.

Last year at this same time I was on such a committee that came up with a solution but was later placed on the "back burner" so to speak. Through various management adjustments it was brought to the front this week and I again worked with some but not all the team from last year.

The lead gentleman from the company has an amazing vision for this product. We all sat in on his presentation the first day picking up on a new paradigm. He is from Greece and goes by Yanni. So by day two we were all talking about Yanni's vision and someone piped up with "Yanni Vision", then another came off with "YanniHD" and then added "7.1"

I must say it is very very nice to work in an environment that promotes cooperation and synergy among it's team members.

Once the other aircraft fleets are looking at this process in YanniHD, it will be a beautiful thing.

Cya tomorrow... Doug