Actually the smartest plan if you want the Majors is go to the regionals or the very least a ULCC , that being said a steady stream of NJA folks are leaving for the likes of SWA, and UPS, but don’t come to NJA for a quick upgrade, it’s a nice gig, good flying, and peeps,but if you want the majors as your end game reference my first sentence. Cheers,out : )

 

I am a new hire, got the Sovereign.

 

New hires are getting mostly Phenom and Latitude as the company takes delivery of these new airplanes. An FO bid just came out so at least this month tons of movement. New hires got the X, Sovereign and XL/XLS as well as the Phenom and Latitude

 

Disagree. Better pay at XO while you wait. Also upgrade time slightly faster.

 

350 service via a GPU.

High class.



I’ve never seen a NetJets airplane “saving money” like that.

 

Actually, I have. Like when the company was too cheap to just send the Gulfstream with the inop and deferred APU to the service center and instead insisted I use a power cart AND a huffer cart to fly a PASSENGER LEG instead. Penny-pinching isn’t exclusive to XO...

 

We’re not trying to save the company money we’re trying to make ourselves more money through the fuel savings program and save our eardrums. How is the company giving us positive financial inscentives being spun as a bad thing? You could run the APU all day if you wanted.

 

We shall agree to disagree , but back to the original poster if you want the majors the best path is the regionals : ) Cheers . Out

 

It’s just such a nice Ferrari to run on 83 octane fuel.

 

I had this dailema last year. I was offered a position at Netjets but ultimately decided to stay here at Gama. Both are great companies if you live in a smaller hub and don't want to commute. They both also have excellent health care which is very important to me. An APU would be nice in the summer but the King Air is still a great airplane to me and I enjoy the flying.

I stayed mostly for financial reasons but I have to say I was very impressed with the way that Gama treated me and my family when my kids were born.

The growth is at Gama regarding upgrades and transitioning to the training department etc. 3 year King Air guys are now moving over to the XL and X but keep their current pay scale.

The schedule and crew meals are better at NJ for sure, but if you're looking for career progression you'd move more quickly at Gama.

You could go to a regional but from someone who spent 6 years at one I can assure you that your life will be miserable. I'm not sure the slight edge it would give you is worth it. Multi crew turbine PIC time is mainly what the majors want to see. There's not a huge difference between part 121 and part 135 other than the size of the aircraft. As someone already mentioned, Southwest particularly likes Net Jets guys and we've had our share go over there too.