Puma,

Be glad you left the sinking ship. Not a bad move! I am happy for you.

CJ

I try to stay in contact with pilots from both my past and present. Also I try to meet new people. This especially goes for the area I live in. I've been fortunate enough to come across jobs that I've pasted onto other friends. I'm hoping that when the time comes, should I need the favor, this will work to my benefit.

For what its worth, I've spent a 25+year career at one airport. I trained, did the CFI thing, freight dog, SIC jet. Now I'm looking for a frac that I can base out of the same airport... of course it is the busiest general aviation airport in the country, but ya, its possible. :)

Question for you guys, are frac's really the place to go these days?

im assuming your talking about vans?

Yup. VNY. With any luck, the whole career right there.

Not to promote another site, but if you are really interested in corporate aviation, *************.com is a good place to start networking. It's worth the $10/year, and there are a LOT more corporate/frax guys there than on these forums. (I'd say that site is for 91/135 flying that this is for 121 flying).

The big thing for anybody wanting to make the jump is to network network network. Most jobs are right place/right time or through inside connections. Just because you work for an airline doesn't mean that you can't find a way to get to know local operators...

Local safety seminars and regional/national aviation conferences are good places to start. Consider trying to attend an event like the Annual Bombardier/NBAA Safety Standown or the NBAA National Convention.

That's a unique take on things. I really like that. It definitely is all about who you know, which in a way, for me at least, is a lot of fun.

Everyone seems to be pretty happy at Netjets. It seems like you get the best of both worlds. Having that union takes away a lot of the headaches. I've been in two 91 operations the past 11 years. I am going to make a run at Netjets. A straight 91 deal can be excellent. However, the truly excellent ones are very few and far between.

NetJets is the place to go, 'NOW'-if you get in within the next two years. After, I don't know, you'll be looking at an 8-10 year upgrade.

With the QOL I got at NJ, I just don't see how I would ever survive at an airline, not sure if I could do that again. I guess I would if I had to, but I much rather not