Here is my honest observation.

I am getting ready to start my 14 th year in an APU airplane as a PIC and I live in a Class B city.

The biggest benefit to working at Netjets is our basing. If you live anywhere other than a big city, this is obviously huge.

Second is our healthcare. Our healthcare would cost around 5-600/mo at AA.

Third is the varity of flying you'll do and the people you fly with. Even this week I was flying to airports I still have never been to. Not running around airline terminals, but instead having a cup of coffee while talking to a nice local retired guy while he hangs a new motor on his 1946 tail wheel is something I enjoy. I have also never met two pilots with the same background. It seems like NJA has hired from all over the place. This makes cruise way more interesting to hear about everyone's previous flying life.

Another appreciated reality with flying the line here is that there is almost no authority gradient. When at work you just work with your partner to get the job done. Who ever happens to be standing where ever when something needs done and it gets done. So working together with out drama is nice.

We also have a good safety culture. We have never lost a pax (knock on wood, and have a good fatigue procedure, and a no fault go around policy). Last week I had to get meteorology and dispatch on the phone for a re route that was going to change the company' schedule for us. No push back what so ever.

Another is airmanship. Because we go to new places all the time, most pilots here are really good with stuff not normal at 121. Non-precision, circles, mountains, islands, non-radar, etc..

The offset of all of this is money, duties at work, and retirement.

If I was looking at coming to NJA as a new hire understand that you will have an average 12hr duty day and average 12 hours off. You will receive many many sched changes throughout the day. You are also responsible for expense reports after the jet is flown, unloaded, cleaned, and restocked. Management has said no growth. Therefore I don't see a new hire upgrading for 15 years.

If you live in a small community, and have a large family that would be expensive to insure, and shutter at sitting around terminals, than NJA may be for you.