Originally Posted by
flyguy37
Having done 121, 135, and 91k I can say NJA is the most polarized group. There are some great guys at NJA and there are some special ones. Sadly it is inverse seniority generally. The longer they have been at NJA the worse they are. The guy who got hired here in the 90s when they were making 27k probably had a bunch of major interviews but just didn’t make the cut. A few contracts later they are making good money and can’t get fired and talk about how smart they were to stick it out at NJA even though they never had an invite to go anywhere else. These A teamers are happy to have a job and never fatigue or write up planes and the company loves them. Yes there are exceptions but in general give me a 2004 captain over a 1999 captain any day of the week. And yes before you ask they do all hate flying with me too
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Even some of the junior captains are head scratchers. The vast majority of real senior captains that I flew with were either scabs or real gigantic pieces of work that had to be babysat. The younger guys are better pilots but you can tell the ones that would flag a modern day 121 interview.
The list of just odd, unconventional behavior is endless. I had a captain trim their fingernails right onto the floor one time lol. Bringing their work phones to the bar “just in case the company needed them” or guys that would routinely call to extend on behalf of the crew when I absolutely had no desire to extend.
You can see that so many guys just wouldn’t fit in the 121 box, and I know of one oddball captain that has had multiple verbal assault cases among other issues and NJA turns the other cheek.
But then you had the guys that were super awesome and just wanted to live in no mans land where commuting would make their lives miserable. Let’s face it though, offering 27k to fly a private jet as a captain back when they did, attracts a certain type of demographic and I think NJA will see that again now. As long as the airlines are hiring right now, they will get the ones that can’t get hired at an airline.