David Puddy

Wow! That sucks!!!!

JMO127

Quite often 3.5 to 4.5 was the norm. ASE PBI was a normal run. 4:11 average time. You prayed for the West Coast. 1.5 to 2hr max. You'd often do TEB MIA MIA FRG hop to HPN and HPN APF hope over to RSW min rest thena 3.5 hr to MAD and 2 other legs minimum most likely with a 4 o 5 hr airport sit in the middle which kills your energy. You were 13 to 14h everyday. It was a known contest in the office, rather a badge of honor for them if they could schedule you 13:59 duty day. You fly at Flex, just the Phenis makes it hard on your body 7hrs a day average. The Phenis drivers got WORKED, min rested, and whipped again. It is what it is. Facts are facts. I have no beef, just my experiences. Dining plan is spectacular, but eating cold food sucks day in and day out for CM'S.

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AirBear

I don't think I ever went over 4 hours in the Phenom, and just once when I flew the Citation Encore. Longest Phenom flight was MYNN to KMDW, 3:50 I think it was. But we never flew LRC, could have exceeded 4 hours if we did. I met a Flight Options Phenom crew once who said they did just over 5 hours at LRC, Aspen to somewhere in the Caribbean

ExtendedDays

I went over 4 hours a bunch. There was a time at NJA when the Phenis was the recovery aircraft for every other broken fleet it seemed like. I did tons of transcons and 4+ hour flights.

flyitfast

JMO, did you quit? Or did you get ILC?

David Puddy

One of my college roommates just got hired - he’s coming from the 135 world. Any recent trends in assigned aircraft types? I realize it can be random and based on need. If given the option, what do you like about flying the CL300/350 or the Praetor.

Meme In Command

The one "trend" I noticed in my class: Army rotor guys end up in the Phenom. Also happened to a buddy of mine hired months later from the Apache. Most people hate the jet but he was happier than a pig in s#!t to be flying a fancy, sporty private jet.

trouljaboy

On the Praetor. Super modern-plane/avionics, makes a lot of the "work" easy. Has a few quirks but they're mainly minor annoyances. We get a great mix flying as well. Some days will be 4 shorter (1-1.3hr) legs on the east coast or mid west to places you didn't even know existed, some days are trans-cons with just a couple legs. Nice mix of international flying as well to Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and Canada. A buddy took one up to Alaska a few months ago. Super comfortable cockpit. Eating my door dash I got delivered to the FBO is easy on the tray table when at cruise. Totally anecdotal, but it "feels" like we work a little less than the other 2 fleets, based on talking to friends on the Nom and Chally. We still get our fair share of max duty/min rest days, and days with 4-5 legs, just "seems" like it's a little less often than what my friends on the other fleets get. YMMV.

Also can confirm from the previous poster that in my class the rotor guys mostly ended up Nom, same with the regional FOs. Praetor/Challenger went mostly to guys with a good amount of 135 time and military fixed wing time. That was just how it played out in my class though. I've got friends that came from the regionals that ended up on the Challenger and Praetor, also friends that had all 135 time and ended up in the Nom. Once again, YMMV.