Originally Posted by Kurat (Post 2856075)

New hires can expect to start in Phenom 300, Legacy 450 or Challenger 300/350 (assigned by company). Quickest Captain upgrade is in in the Phenom 300 which is currently less than 2 years. Its done by SENIORITY.

There is PBS schedule (Preferential Bidding System) along with 8-7 fixed or 7-7 fixed available. Your choice after training. The fixed schedules pay about 30% less than PBS. I don't think many new hires opt for that.

PBS Quick Overview - The schedule consists of 14,15 or 16 work days per 28 day bid period. You bid for 4,5 or 6 day trips. If a pilot has a PBS schedule with 6 days of work, minimum of 4 days off. A pilot with 4 or 5 days of work will have a minimum of 3 days off. These are considered Green lines that the company may assign. Yellow lines of 12,13, 17 or 18 days of work could also be bid . A Yellow line cannot be assigned unless the pilot bids for it.

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski (Post 2862413)

Posted ad nausem in about a dozen other threads on this forum.


Go to NetJets, young man.

Originally Posted by grumpydwarf (Post 2910127)

On these 4,5, or 6 day trips, how many flights will you fly per day?

Originally Posted by JMO127 (Post 2910144)

2-3 average. Sometimes 4

Originally Posted by shrsailplanes (Post 2910247)

With 2-3 flights per day (average), is there a lot of sitting and waiting? In other words, is your duty time still 14 hours regardless?

Originally Posted by JMO127 (Post 2910249)

There is airport rot. The biggest negative for me. Not always 14hrs. But a lot of it with min rest.

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Originally Posted by shrsailplanes (Post 2910255)

Thanks for the quick response. Do you know if NetJets is similar in that regard?

Originally Posted by JMO127 (Post 2910256)

I can't speak for NETJETS but the forums suggest its along the same lines.

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