Originally Posted by
MinRest
So NJA is better than regionals and Atlas? Congrats!
I think the funnier opinion is from people who have either never worked for a mainline 121 carrier, or when they did, the internet didn't exist. Everyone at NJA seems to spout this horrific idea of the airlines and how amazing NJA is yet the percentage of them that have worked for any good airline in recent times is literally zero. Why? Because nobody is willfully leaving a legacy 121 job to go to NJA unless they hit 65 and are forced out. I also remember the amount of retired airline types that actually stated after IOE and in 2017 when I left NJA it was about 50% of them.
NJASAP tracks attrition, you can easily check and see for your self. 5 YOS and under will be extremely high turnover, over 25% as long as the floodgates at the airlines are still open. No doubt the pay increases have helped at NJA but if somebody wants to go to the airlines, or go back to the airlines, they will go.
NJA didn't lower their minimums because they were getting too many high time applicants. NJA is catering to the same demographic of pilot that the regionals are. Also, don't take it so personally when somebody doesn't like NJA. You are an employee, nothing more. This in't a genital measuring contest. Somebody had asked about NJA pilots leaving to mainline so in fact my experience would be more relevant than yours, and my initial response didn't trash NJA in the least bit, I merely gave my experience.
Seriously, what’s your beef with NetJets? No doubt you were hired during a rough time. However, career progression, or lack there of, was no secret. You were fortunate enough to move on to a major and at the time it was with out a doubt the right career decision, and get on with one before the huge wave at that. I tried for years myself along with probably every FO who was of age, but I wasn’t fortunate enough to get an interview at any of my target airlines. By the time I had my shot, the Max issue put a halt to it and spending years commuting across the country wasn’t going to sit well with the family. So here I sit as a long term FO. And yes I definitely spent way too much time on their boards to see if I made the right decision, but I finally had to put it down. You’ve now been gone twice as long as your NetJets career, upgraded, and making more money so why keep trashing the company? A lot has improved and it’s turned into a career destination. It’s definitely not perfect but it works for some. To keep coming back and giving nothing but negative advice only makes it sound as if you regret leaving.