Having flown corporate and 135 it’s sad to still see the “pilots are a dime a dozen” mindset. I’ve flown CEOs and their families. Sadly, corporate pilots who literally control their passengers’ fate are rarely respected, appreciated, and recognized for their skills. Instead, the corporate culture dominates where it’s more important to be a “team player” and “yes man” than it is to make the right/tough call without fear of losing your job. That worked out well for Kobe Bryant and his family, didn’t it?
Speaking from experience, airline training is far superior to corporate. Airline CRM is light years ahead. I hear the “gear up and shut up” attitude is still alive and well at the corporate level. Airline training must be superior for one simple reason. Optics. No one will hear about the Gulfstream that smacks into a mountainside halfway around the world. In contrast, the whole world would hear about it if was a US passenger jet.