Originally Posted by
NineGturn
The average career span of a corporate pilot is not that long. I'm not going to spout numbers but I recall reading somewhere it was only a couple years. Again I'm talking average time with one company.
Corporate flight departments are volatile and unstable. While this is not universally true the majority of corporate pilots hop around quite a bit between jobs. Mostly jumping around 135 operators to build type ratings and time or looking for that next big opportunity. The job can be unstable and unpredictable. A pilot may say one year he would never leave his job and the next be working somewhere else.
One can change jobs a dozen times in Part 91 (like what happens in MANY career fields) and still not have the desire to fly 121. Many have BTDT and are content with their chosen path.
Taking your experience with you and starting at compensation equivalent to that is pretty nice...even if top-end compensation (ON AVERAGE) isn't quite what a major airline captain makes (again, ON AVERAGE).
Again, different strokes for different folks and all that...