Hello , and good luck with your post-retirement work .
I am in the same boat . I retire in 250 days ( but who's counting)
Formerly Boeing , and MD-83 , Gulfstream,Challenger,
Hawker,Lear, Citation,and various turboprops( AC-690,KA-200) with
extensive International experience covering 36 years.
I tell you this to point out the fact , that while I have lots of
corporate experience, it is viewed by my present Airline experience
that I am in fact , an "airline swine". Having just returned from the
NBAA in Orlando , as a spring-board to my official return to corporate
fliying , I was politely informed to get ANY current corporate flying
in , to re-establish myself , and make myself "worthy" as it were ,
to return to this tightly-knit community .
I know why they feel this way , and have experience , in why they
deal with this phenomenon , as they do .
In corporate , one wears many hats , but most importantly , has to
continually follow-up with every detail , and never assume anything
is done without actually knowing so , in fact ! I know this may go
against any "micro-management "apprehension you may have , but
let's face it , when we report for our airline jobs , we're good to
go if we're sober , in uniform , and on-time . Most of the tasks
are covered by a myriad of personnel . A cursory check of the log
to jive any MEL with the release , assuming most things like weather
are not a factor , and a normal checklist out of the way , you're
ready for your coffee-late . Contast this nicety against a list of
about 50 items on most International corporate flights , to include
current FBO phone numbers , parking & permits , fuel availability,
curfew changes, over-flight-permits , State Department clearances,
Customs appointments, Cash-on-hand to cover unexpected
contingencies( Nepal won't accept your fuel carnet ), governmental
overthrows( for me Keyna in 1981)Limousine availability , hotel
arrangements , aircraft parking security,contact list , war-risk zone
advisories , airspace license pre-payment( Maastricht ATC ) Currency
exchange rates , Language pitfalls . I think you get my drift . It is
really more involved , than our posh Part 121 Domestic gig .Don't
assume anything , and get proffesional help from folks like Air-Routing,
and Jepp.
Now for your focus on obtaining one of these corporate gigs.
Do as I have done . Seek out help from professional agencies
and attend similar conferences like the NBAA , and most importantly
network with your fellow airline buddies for good Intel .Remember
just like in recurrent ( cooperate & graduate )
I hope I have been helpful . We have to proceed with confidence,
but humbly and couteously , at the same time . It will pay off !
MSW Cypress , Ca.