Typical Fractional Commute?
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Typical Fractional Commute?
Can some of you share the details of a typical commute to and from your plane at Netjets/Flexjets, etc?
I am within an hour of 4 airports served by regionals, but they have little or no mainline service. I haven't had any luck finding a recent list of "bases" for either Flex or NJ.
I've heard that you can almost live anywhere now and take the closest RJ to your plane. Is this true, or is it still limited to the 100 or so bases I found in the list from 2016? Is it a positive space ticket?
Thanks.
I am within an hour of 4 airports served by regionals, but they have little or no mainline service. I haven't had any luck finding a recent list of "bases" for either Flex or NJ.
I've heard that you can almost live anywhere now and take the closest RJ to your plane. Is this true, or is it still limited to the 100 or so bases I found in the list from 2016? Is it a positive space ticket?
Thanks.
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Can some of you share the details of a typical commute to and from your plane at Netjets/Flexjets, etc?
I am within an hour of 4 airports served by regionals, but they have little or no mainline service. I haven't had any luck finding a recent list of "bases" for either Flex or NJ.
I've heard that you can almost live anywhere now and take the closest RJ to your plane. Is this true, or is it still limited to the 100 or so bases I found in the list from 2016? Is it a positive space ticket?
Thanks.
I am within an hour of 4 airports served by regionals, but they have little or no mainline service. I haven't had any luck finding a recent list of "bases" for either Flex or NJ.
I've heard that you can almost live anywhere now and take the closest RJ to your plane. Is this true, or is it still limited to the 100 or so bases I found in the list from 2016? Is it a positive space ticket?
Thanks.
Your mileage will vary.
Whichever city you end up using, the company buys you a ticket to and from your jet as if you were a regular airline passenger and you retain all loyalty points earned for such travel. Ground transport is either arranged by the company (long ground distance) or by FBO van, taxi, Uber, or Lyft, the cost of which is reimbursed.
When ending your tour, you also have the option of something known as a “dummy ticket” where the company’s cost of getting you home can be applied (partially) toward a ticket to a destination other than your home. You can also use a dummy to utilize your preferred airline when the company gives you a retarded ticket on Crazy Clown Airways.
Clear as mud?
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https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/...tional/flexjet
https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/...tional/netjets
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For LXJ and NJA list, see link(s) below.
https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/...tional/flexjet
https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/...tional/netjets
https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/...tional/flexjet
https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/...tional/netjets
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So if the nearest one of those is 4 hours away, you start your work week with a 4 hour drive?
There are at least a couple pilots in my area that work at these places. It seems unlikely that they’d be doing that, but I guess it’s only a couple times a month if you’re on 7 and 7.
Do bases get added at all?
There are at least a couple pilots in my area that work at these places. It seems unlikely that they’d be doing that, but I guess it’s only a couple times a month if you’re on 7 and 7.
Do bases get added at all?
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So if the nearest one of those is 4 hours away, you start your work week with a 4 hour drive?
There are at least a couple pilots in my area that work at these places. It seems unlikely that they’d be doing that, but I guess it’s only a couple times a month if you’re on 7 and 7.
Do bases get added at all?
There are at least a couple pilots in my area that work at these places. It seems unlikely that they’d be doing that, but I guess it’s only a couple times a month if you’re on 7 and 7.
Do bases get added at all?
I'm not clear on how the basing works for new hires vs. legacy pilots, maybe some others can comment on that. But I know that domiciles/bases get added when airline service meets the min criteria and then they get dropped when the airline service changes. 95% of our pilots live within a 2 hour drive of a base. The only pilot I flew with that lived further away was a dual citizen who lived in the Canadian Rockies with his photographer spouse. He had to drive about 4 hours to Spokane to catch his airline.
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