Originally Posted by
TrojanCMH
There are some corporate jobs that sound pretty good. I have a friend that is a pilot recruiter for Disney and knew a few people who got jobs at large company flight departments and they sound ok. But even with those you’re on call almost the whole month. It’s almost like permanent reserve. And there aren’t many of them and some can be next to impossible to get hired at if you don’t know the right people.
I also have a few friends at NetJets which I’ve heard is one of the better places to work and it sounds kinda miserable to me. Never knowing where you’re going. Having your schedule changed mid flight. Sitting in FBOs waiting to be released to goto the hotel. FOs having to clean and cater the airplane. Captains who will never retire.
But to each their own. A good 121 gig is hard to beat in my opinion. Regionals are a different story.
After almost 20 years of 91/135 flying, the thing about the good jobs is they’re only good, until they aren’t. Having a rental car all the time, staying in nice places, traveling around the whole world, while eating your catered meals, not going through security, and things like that is what makes corporate good. That’s why I say QOL at work is better there, but as you mentioned, you’re a slave to the job making the QOL at home, worse. They both have their pros and cons, but I have no plans of ever leaving here, and I’ve had some “good” corporate jobs.