I've been with XO for a few years and just got transferred to Jet Select (dba JetEdge), I normally don't comment on boards (most people that are happy don't..lol) but I must say I strongly disagree with the overall sentiment on the thread. XO got a new President a couple of years ago and I find him to be really smart and genuine, plus he's a pilot so he understands our perspective. At XO he had open video calls every week for a year, and he took every single question.
He is taking over at JetEdge, and last week he announced a new simplified pay package. Basically $180K year one captain pay for CL300/350, plus 10 days of vacation that you can choose every year if you want to take or sell back to company for $10K, gives pilots option to choose which is cool. So if you take the pay then year one cut pays $190K, base. Plus 5% bonus year one. He also said they are now paying for training in the off block.
I'm super excited. My year 5 pay just went to $205K base plus 9% bonus, and they pay $15K retention bonus every three years, so I'll collect that next year and my 401K goes to $11K contribution from the company. I can also do extra days for $1200/day.
But it's not all about the pay, I love the unrestricted home base, great group of pilots, staying in full service hotels and keeping my hotel points. They are upgrading the entire fleet and the Gulfstream's look amazing with the sliver and red paint.
I was also told that you can bid for new type every 3 years! I'm going to bid for Global or G450.
I love it here. Very encouraging to see the fleet growth plus investment in the crews!, and they mentioned that they bought two more maintenance facilities in Europe last week!
Look at what is happening at UP, they seem to be in trouble.
If you are looking for a new spot to land I'd strongly suggest you consider the Vista group.