NetJets is currently recruiting heavily at the universities and interviewing many applicants. For those of you debating whether you should apply to the Regionals or NetJets, apply to the regionals. The pay is far greater at the regionals and you will also have flow to the majors. I will list some of the base pay and benefits to aid in your decision. I will post just the base pay because that is what you can count on. The company is really hanging their hats on FDP- Flight Duty Pay and are stating that you can make upwards of 80-100 above your base pay. If you are awarded the XLS, Phenom, Sovereign, you will have an extremely difficult time earning flight duty pay. You have to fly 10 hrs to begin earning FDP. My classmates on the XLS struggle to make any FDP on their 7 day schedule. There is another thread where HDGBUG (I believe) did a great job explaining the various pay schemes according to the schedule, 7&7, 8&6, etc. I am not that smart and will only post the base pay because that is what you count on.

Here is the base pay break down:

7&7 SIC small cabin 7&7 Capt Small Cabin
Year 1-$70,781 Year 5-$136,317
Year 2-$74,353. Year 10-$161,903
Year 5-$86,188
Year 10-$110,077

Here is the ugly part, when the company touts the FDP can earn an extra $80-$100k, they don’t tell you that you work a conservative 11 hours a day for 7 day for a total of 144 hours of duty for the month. Now ask yourself, how does this pay even begin to compete with major airline pay with a 70-75 min guarantee? 144 hours of duty! Can you imagine what pay you would earn if you were at a regional airline and worked 144 hours for the month? During that that 144 hours you will be slinging bags, restocking, cleaning the plane. All of which you will not do at the majors. The evil part of FDP is there is no daily minimum or guarantee. If you have a brief before you go to bed for 4-6 hours of flying the next day and when you get a new brief in the morning with all that flying gone, you earned zero FDP for the day. So again, you will work 144 hours of hard duty as a minimum to earn $70,781 for the year. When you consider that, how does that pay compete with the majors? Even WheelsUp and Flexjet are paying more! Currently, negotiations are trying to improve our QOL on the road. For now I can tell you there are many issues and you will end your tour run ragged and wore out. Then you will look at your pay and conclude it’s not worth it.

The good part. With the bad being stated, 121 flying isn’t for everyone. For now, there is home basing. It seems to go away after negotiations. So, for the most part if you live near a decent sized airport you will be able to commute from there on day one and seven. Multiple schedules to choose from, 7&7,8&6 which will allow you to know your schedule for the year. It’s a little more complicated with the crew choice schedules. 401k match of about 59% and paid medical benefits. That’s it for the good.