QOL advantages are there for VLJ pilots...home every day, probably never leave their own time zone. There are some downsides...

- No travel bennies

- 5 days on, 2 off in VLJ's. I get 4 on, 4-6 off at a regional.

- Economics...I doubt that 1-3 paying pax will ever be able to support a payscale better than a regional, and probably not even that. I understand they are paying OK now, but that's startup operations where they expect to lose money. Will they ever be able to earn enough to pay 2 real pilots? I have always thought that the biggest hole in the VLJ concept was the fact that, however tiny, they are turbojets, and will need real pilots to get insured (and the owner-operatots will need babysitters). Six figures by the time you retire is nothing...many college grads are starting at $70K, and getting six figures by age 30.

I'm sure it will work well for some pilots, but if they put thousands and thousands in service, they will have trouble finding people to fly them I think.