Originally Posted by FNGFO

The variety of destinations and ever changing schedules isn’t such a big deal once you accept that you’re their’s for the full term of the duty day. And you end up in some pretty good places with nice stays. At least NJ’s has an actual contract unlike the rest of the fractionals. Sitting at FBO’s isn’t horrible either. You’re getting paid to surf the web, watch TV and grab a decent meal. I always wondered about the guys who were antsy in the crew lounge. I don’t need to work hard, and that’s usually what’s on tap if they call you out of the crew lounge.

Btw, it’s not FO’s who clean and cater the planes. It’s both pilots. If you end up with CA Flirtsalot who hangs with the pretty CSR’s expecting you to do all the work then you head inside, grab a cup of coffee or whatnot, , have a a seat and make it well known that ****** isn’t getting done until his lazy posterior is out there helping you. It’s a two man show to do it well. I spent a decade plus in the fractional world. Anyone who thought of it as a retirement job, a way to make fun money or an easy gig once the left seat was attained was disabused of that notion in short order.