Flight Options has a 8/7 schedule. 25 percent of the pilot group in each fleet may bid for a 7/7 schedule. That forces 25 percent of the bottom folks onto a 16+2 schedule. That is 16 days on per month with the company being allowed to work them an additional 2 days.

Flexjet has flexbid so they have 13 bid cycles per year. You bid what you want and if you are senior you can get it.

There is a large discrepancy in pay between the two companies and between normal flex pilots and "red label" flex pilots. Both companies are owned by Directional Aviation Capitol. All of their companies now fall under the One Sky brand.

OneSky management has fought tooth and nail to get the Union at FO desertified but they keep failing and losing in court!!! The Union was voted in at Flex about 1 1/2 years ago. Since then management has been openly hostile to combining both groups preferring to segregate the pilots. They cherry pick the pilots for the red label program and have tried to protect them from future layoffs or furloughs by allowing furloughs OUT OF SENIORITY.

Now the whole mess is in the hands of an arbitrator. Hopefully all will be resolved by mid July.

As far as hiring there are still quite a few pilots on furlough from FO and there are plenty of SIC's to be upgraded.

If you saw an add for a pic position for Flexjet it may be for some type of operating partner probably not for the actual Flexjet.

Cheers