Originally Posted by Btoflyer

I used to work for JetSuite, and I've been keeping up on some of the info with my buds.

JetSuite will recruit for both the Phenom and the E135. You need to keep an eye out (climbto350.com or the other usual websites), because they are only interviewing for a specific airframe at a time. You're seat-locked for two years, if things haven't changed. And there's a two-year prorated contract. That is a huge reason why they have a tough time recruiting. The Phenom training contract was $24K when I was there.

They've added about 3 or 4 Phenom 300's to the dozen or so 100's. Unlike the 100, these are contract aircraft. They are flown by company pilots (an additional type rating for Phenom guys), as is the Embraer Legacy (same type as 135).

The money isn't great outta the chute (FO: $250ish per day with other perks when I was there), but there were plenty of captains making over 100K flying Phenoms mostly around the west coast - good flying, in my opinion.

What's the problem? The schedule. They used to have a 5/5 (awesome), gave it up for the 8/6 (less awesome) and now have some weird mish-mash including 8/6 and a lot of other crappy pairings geared solely around their financials. Would be a great place to unionize.

In all, the flying was fun, the company is super chill and the schedule sucked. Take this with a grain of salt, because I left there last Spring.