Originally Posted by
billsaw
I know someone that was hired in 2004-05 timeframe. Great guy. He has flown a Citation for ~12 years. Just got upgraded to captain.... Still on the Citation. Back in '04 I thought Netjets was the cats meow of biz jets. I think it still probably (arguably) is if you have been there for 20+ years.
I cannot imagine being there for 12 years and still being stuck in a Citation. Nothing against them but man that has to suck
Most of us over here come from a variety of backgrounds, and bring a plethora of experience to the table, I myself have freight dogged in DC-3's, flown pax in 727's, and Afghan relief in 747s, I'm here because this place works extremely well for my familia and I,and as to the Citation ? The wee jet is ok by me, at a certain level it's all good, there is a perfection to be found in a humble, Zen simple Aeronca 7AC, you may understand this, or you may not,this may not make sense to you but I flew DC-3's for ten years till they sold the fleet out from under me, I was a happy man then, and I'm happy now. Is everything perfect here? Of course not, but overall for some of us this is a pretty good situation, it works, and for everybody else , if it doesn't work, we are in the midst of the best environment for pilot hiring in a generation. Cheers.