What extra tasks are you expected to perform?
10-18-2018 | 10:32 AM
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What extra tasks are you expected to perform?
Hi there,
I was wondering what non-flying tasks pilots at the large US fractionals are expected to perform.
I know flight planning is done by Dispatch and I know you deal with the pax, their bags (together with FBO staff), you clean, load the catering, re-stock etc.
I'm specifically interested in maintenance tasks such as engine oil services and data base updates. Do you have to do those? Sometimes? Always? Never? It would be great if you could state in your response which company you refer to. (NJA, Flex etc)
Thanks guys
GA
I was wondering what non-flying tasks pilots at the large US fractionals are expected to perform.
I know flight planning is done by Dispatch and I know you deal with the pax, their bags (together with FBO staff), you clean, load the catering, re-stock etc.
I'm specifically interested in maintenance tasks such as engine oil services and data base updates. Do you have to do those? Sometimes? Always? Never? It would be great if you could state in your response which company you refer to. (NJA, Flex etc)
Thanks guys
GA
10-18-2018 | 11:11 AM
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Hi there,
I was wondering what non-flying tasks pilots at the large US fractionals are expected to perform.
I know flight planning is done by Dispatch and I know you deal with the pax, their bags (together with FBO staff), you clean, load the catering, re-stock etc.
I'm specifically interested in maintenance tasks such as engine oil services and data base updates. Do you have to do those? Sometimes? Always? Never? It would be great if you could state in your response which company you refer to. (NJA, Flex etc)
Thanks guys
GA
I was wondering what non-flying tasks pilots at the large US fractionals are expected to perform.
I know flight planning is done by Dispatch and I know you deal with the pax, their bags (together with FBO staff), you clean, load the catering, re-stock etc.
I'm specifically interested in maintenance tasks such as engine oil services and data base updates. Do you have to do those? Sometimes? Always? Never? It would be great if you could state in your response which company you refer to. (NJA, Flex etc)
Thanks guys
GA
The company has opened several “Service Hubs” at busy airports to perform more of the stocking and cleaning duties but I haven’t seen that happen yet outside of White Plains. That program is still a work in progress.
10-18-2018 | 12:46 PM
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And before you think I’m being judgemental, my first job in aviation was as a PLST certified FBO line guy.
10-18-2018 | 04:19 PM
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Thankfully, my airplane has an engine oil reservoir and a pump system to replenish the oil in the engine that the crewmember operates. I wouldn’t let an FBO Joe put coffee on my airplane, let alone engine oil. Certified A&P, maybe. Line guy? No way.
And before you think I’m being judgemental, my first job in aviation was as a PLST certified FBO line guy.
And before you think I’m being judgemental, my first job in aviation was as a PLST certified FBO line guy.
10-19-2018 | 02:23 PM
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Thankfully, my airplane has an engine oil reservoir and a pump system to replenish the oil in the engine that the crewmember operates. I wouldn’t let an FBO Joe put coffee on my airplane, let alone engine oil. Certified A&P, maybe. Line guy? No way.
And before you think I’m being judgemental, my first job in aviation was as a PLST certified FBO line guy.
And before you think I’m being judgemental, my first job in aviation was as a PLST certified FBO line guy.
The line guys do fine.
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10-19-2018 | 02:27 PM
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What extra tasks are you expected to perform?
Lol.
Ferrari driver. It’s a Ferrari!
I didn’t go to flight school so I could service the jet. NetJets doesn’t contract services with FBO partners so that can only fill fuel.
It’s a full service business.
Most times, pilots make the job harder than it needs to be as a solution is just a phone call or a request away.
Another way to look at it is, disability payments don’t go that far if I fall off the ladder.
10-19-2018 | 02:56 PM
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Lol.
Ferrari driver. It’s a Ferrari!
I didn’t go to flight school so I could service the jet. NetJets doesn’t contract services with FBO partners so that can only fill fuel.
It’s a full service business.
Most times, pilots make the job harder than it needs to be as a solution is just a phone call or a request away.
Another way to look at it is, disability payments don’t go that far if I fall off the ladder.
Ferrari driver. It’s a Ferrari!
I didn’t go to flight school so I could service the jet. NetJets doesn’t contract services with FBO partners so that can only fill fuel.
It’s a full service business.
Most times, pilots make the job harder than it needs to be as a solution is just a phone call or a request away.
Another way to look at it is, disability payments don’t go that far if I fall off the ladder.
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