FAA NW Mountain Region Airport Conference

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FAA NW Mountain RegionAirport Conference
Jets in Your Future NetJets Fractional
Ownership Business Jet Requirements
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Bio
Al Ball Senior Airport Analyst, NetJets
Aviation Employee of NetJets/Executive Jet since
1987 Commercial, Multi-engine, instrument rated
Pilot FAA Licensed Aircraft Dispatcher FAA
Licensed Advanced Ground Instructor
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Today

• Company Overview
• 91K/135 Factors
• NetJets Airport Requirements
• Components of Evaluation

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1964 - The Beginning of EJA

• Executive Jet Airways Inc. - Founded by Brigadier
  General O.F. Dick Lassiter to bring the
  military version of on-demand VIP transport (MAC)
  to the civilian market.
• Original board of Directors General Curtis
  LeMay, James Stewart, Arthur Godfrey, and
  others.
• 1966 - Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets Jr.
  joins the company as Executive VP of EJA SA in
  Switzerland
• The Swiss subsidiary (EJA SA) is sold to Carl
  Hirschman, who renames the company Jet Aviation

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1974 - Forward

• 1974 - Purchased 12 new Lear 24D
• 1984 - RTS Capital Services Inc. Purchases EJA as
  a wholly owned subsidiary
• RTS is a New York based financial services
  company specializing in equipment financing
  through leveraged leasing (primarily Helicopters,
  General Aviation Telecommunications)
• RTS will provide EJA with Additional aircraft for
  its charter fleet, while EJA provides RTS with
  operational and technical support

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Richard T. Santulli

• Mathematician by Education
• Leasing Expert by trade
• RTS Capital Services
• JayEffBee Stables

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1986 - Forward

• 1986 - The Fractional Ownership/Quarter Share
  (QS) Program is announced
• Purchased Citation SIIs for the program
• EJA President Paul Tibbets retires
• 1993 1995 Executive Jet expands beyond small
  cabin aircraft purchasing 20 Hawker 1000, 25
  Citation V Ultras, and 22 GIV-SP aircraft
• 1996 - Operations expand into Europe with NetJets
  Europe (NJE)
• 1997/98 The BIG order Citation X - 31,
  Citation Excel 50, Citation VII 20, GIV-SP
  11, Hawker 800XP 20, Falcon 2000 24, and a
  joint venture with Boeing for the BBJ

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Warren E. Buffett

• Chairman CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
• Self made Billionaire
• Buys into Quarter Share program in 1995
• Bought Executive Jet in 1998
• Other companies
• GEICO Auto Insurance
• FlightSafety
• Dairy Queen

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Worldwide Company Overview
People
2800 Crew 500 Technicians 1200 Operational
4500 Total
2300 Individuals and Companies participating in
Fractional Program
Fleet
8 Citation Bravos 74 Citation Ultra 9 Citation
Encores 59 Citation Excel 17 Citation 650 44
Hawker 800XPs 26 Hawker 1000
70 Citation X 36 Falcon 2000 37 Gulfstream
IVSP 8 GV 5 BBJ 5 G-200 (103 Managed
Aircraft) 501 Total Aircraft
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NetJets Total Fleet Size
At this point, the NETJETS fleet equals the 5th
largest airline in the world.
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NetJets Growth
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Third Party Services CY2003

• Booked 9,000 airline tickets/month
• Reserved 22,000 hotel rooms/month
• Over 83,797 owner catering orders for 16 million
• Over 458,804 crew meals for 17 million
• Arranged 11,000 limousines/sedan trips for over
  7 million
• Spent over 43.4 million for crew training
• Over 7,000 aircraft cleanings for over 3.2
  million
• Maintenance support required 80,000 hours
• 19,712 Charter hours in support of NETJETS for
  over 80 million
• Purchased 99,067,675 Gallons Jet A
• Average uplift of 490 gallons/3400 pounds

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Meat and Potatoes
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91K/135 as of 11/17/03

• Both programs require Destination Airport
  Analysis to reduce runway length below 60
• With DAAP, both programs allow landings up to 80
  of effective runway length if dry
• With DAAP, if conditions are wet, ONLY under Part
  91K, an additional 15 safety factor is applied
  to landing distance

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Addl DAAP Requirements

• Must establish Pilot qualification and experience
• Must evaluate flight using FAA approved
  performance data
• Must evaluate airport facilities and topography
• Including communications, terrain features, and
  glideslope

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Addl DAAP Requirements, cont.

• Current runway conditions
• Including slope and surface composition
• Weather reporting
• Additional safety margins from
• NOTAMs
• Aircraft equipment
• Environmental conditions

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Addl DAAP Requirements, cont.

• DAAP is mandated for each landing requiring
  greater than 60 effective runway length
• Four minimum NetJets departments
• Operational Intel/Analysis
• Scheduling
• Flight Dispatch
• Operations

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Operational Intel/Analysis

• Approach Facilities
• Topography/ Terrain
• Glideslope
• Initial Performance review including RWY length

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Scheduling

• Crew Scheduling
• Pilot Quals
• Pilot Experience
• Flight Scheduling
• Crew
• Aircraft (MEL)
• Secondary airport

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Flight Dispatch/Meteorology

• Weather reporting
• Environmental events
• Day of flight
• NOTAMs
• Flight Evaluation
• FAA Approved data
• Aircraft (MEL)
• RWY conditions

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Operations

• Program Manager
• Master Chef
• Line Pilot Experienced
• Oversees schedule
• DOF approval
• DAAP approval

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NetJets Airport

• Evaluated solely to provide convenience for our
  Fractional Owners

• Driven by
• Runway
• length
• Weight
• bearing

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NetJets Airport Evaluation

• Identification of obstacles
• Approach path
• Imaginary surfaces
• NACO and AIP Obstacle analysis
• DOF Digital Obstacle File
• Jeppesen Obstacle database
• Boeing Obstacle database

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Airport Evaluation

• AC 150/5300 - 13
• Design categories of airports
• NetJets fleets fall within
• BII 91 - 121 kts approach
• 49 79 feet wingspan
• CIII 121 141 kts approach
• 79 118 feet wingspan

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Runways and Taxiways

• Company Guidelines
• Airport Planning Guide
• AC 150/5200-18B Airport Safety Self
  Inspection section 9
• Review of Airport Layout Plan
• Review of pavement cross section

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Facilities

• NetJets Fixed Base Operator Standards
• FAA guidelines for standards and documentation
• FBO Audits
• Supplier records
• Facility safety and security
• Training documentation
• Incident notification

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NetJets Airport Review

• Bear in mind
• Close to 4000 requested airports, worldwide!
• 13 different (and growing) fleets
• 52,000 reviews, 2 departments
• Owner places request for airport
• Initial review for Owner aircraft
• Airport Review Package is created
• Subsequent fleets sent package for review at same
  time

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Airport Review Package

• Package contents
• Information cover page
• Current 5010
• AF/D/Jeppesen Airport Directory
• Jeppesen approach plates and airport diagram
• World Aero airport/runway information

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Airport Review Package, cont.

• Nav Pac
• Current NOTAMs
• Appropriate weight bearing agreement
• AeroPlanner
• Air Nav
• Jeppesen proprietary handler information if
  required
• Historical documentation from previous reviews

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• Airport Layout Plan
• Scale drawing that includes
• Taxiway widths
• Apron dimensions
• Safety area encroachments
• Often has airport design category
• Most accurate for discussing geographic references

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Pavement Cross Section
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On Site Evaluation

• Pilot or new const. generated
• Pavement condition
• Runway markings condition
• Signage and lighting
• Shoulder condition
• Parking apron access and condition
• FOD

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System Updates
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Aircraft Restriction Notes
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Construction Guidance

• Sea level RWY 6000 feet in length
• E-W with appropriate aircraft
• Runway weight bearing mins
• 25 SW, 55 DW
• Taxiway and apron same
• Standard RWY markings
• VGSI and TWY lighting
• Wx reporting and ground Comm.

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Discussion and Questions
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Thank you to Mr. David Fields Ms. Cathy
Zimmerman Mr. Scott Fredericksen ball_at_netjets.com