XOJet Hiring
#23
XOJET Citation X
Joined APC: Mar 2005
Position: DO, Baker Aviation, Citation X
Posts: 316
Good question. It does take a little insight so see if this helps.
XO is the first company I have worked for or know of that first year pay is based upon hours of experience.
From the APC page here is the explanation. XOJET Aviation First Officer Pay Scale
Base Pay Total Time
MEL/PIC/Turbine/Instrument
Tier 1 $75,000 3,500 1,500/1,500/1,500/150
Tier 2 $65,000 3,000 1,000/1,000/1,000/150
Tier 3 $60,000 2,500 500/500/500/150
Tier 4 $55,000 <2,500 500/500/100/150
ADDITIONAL EARNING OPPORTNITIES
- Extra Day Override - $1,200/day per PIC, $900/day per SIC
- Annual variable increase from 4%-10% of salary, based on performance and seniority
- 401K Maximum Match of $5K bested after 5 yrs. Your choice about where u want to invest
- Flexible Schedule Override - $16K/yr. for PIC; $12K/year for SIC
We did have a 20% reduction in total bonus this year. As a first year FO that amount to just under $2k.
Honestly I was surprised we got any bonus so very happy to have it.
This replaces the previous fuel savings program that favored X pilots over 300 pilots. Some were happy with the change, others not so.
Here is the full description on APC that I cut and pasted from.
https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/...xojet_aviation
#24
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2015
Posts: 440
D&D
Good question. It does take a little insight so see if this helps.
XO is the first company I have worked for or know of that first year pay is based upon hours of experience.
From the APC page here is the explanation. XOJET Aviation First Officer Pay Scale
Base Pay Total Time
MEL/PIC/Turbine/Instrument
Tier 1 $75,000 3,500 1,500/1,500/1,500/150
Tier 2 $65,000 3,000 1,000/1,000/1,000/150
Tier 3 $60,000 2,500 500/500/500/150
Tier 4 $55,000 <2,500 500/500/100/150
ADDITIONAL EARNING OPPORTNITIES
We did have a 20% reduction in total bonus this year. As a first year FO that amount to just under $2k.
Honestly I was surprised we got any bonus so very happy to have it.
This replaces the previous fuel savings program that favored X pilots over 300 pilots. Some were happy with the change, others not so.
Here is the full description on APC that I cut and pasted from.
https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/...xojet_aviation
Good question. It does take a little insight so see if this helps.
XO is the first company I have worked for or know of that first year pay is based upon hours of experience.
From the APC page here is the explanation. XOJET Aviation First Officer Pay Scale
Base Pay Total Time
MEL/PIC/Turbine/Instrument
Tier 1 $75,000 3,500 1,500/1,500/1,500/150
Tier 2 $65,000 3,000 1,000/1,000/1,000/150
Tier 3 $60,000 2,500 500/500/500/150
Tier 4 $55,000 <2,500 500/500/100/150
ADDITIONAL EARNING OPPORTNITIES
- Extra Day Override - $1,200/day per PIC, $900/day per SIC
- Annual variable increase from 4%-10% of salary, based on performance and seniority
- 401K Maximum Match of $5K bested after 5 yrs. Your choice about where u want to invest
- Flexible Schedule Override - $16K/yr. for PIC; $12K/year for SIC
We did have a 20% reduction in total bonus this year. As a first year FO that amount to just under $2k.
Honestly I was surprised we got any bonus so very happy to have it.
This replaces the previous fuel savings program that favored X pilots over 300 pilots. Some were happy with the change, others not so.
Here is the full description on APC that I cut and pasted from.
https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/...xojet_aviation
#25
XOJET Citation X
Joined APC: Mar 2005
Position: DO, Baker Aviation, Citation X
Posts: 316
Correct...all quals are required to move to higher Tier.
Upgrade to Capt is based upon meeting minimum hrs also so if one enters with just the mins, upgrade may occur for others hired at the same time or after you based upon meeting those minimum hrs...
BTW, I flew about 600 hrs my first year 07/19-07/20.
Upgrade is not by seniority but by CA recommendations, other job performance criteria...most upgrade when all the blocks are checked but no mandatory up or out upgrades. The APC info states upgrades at 12 months for the X, not the case now.
Too soon to for updated timeframe but expect less than 2 yrs conservatively, 18 months possible if more X’s are bought. Not sure for the 300 folks.
Upgrade to Capt is based upon meeting minimum hrs also so if one enters with just the mins, upgrade may occur for others hired at the same time or after you based upon meeting those minimum hrs...
BTW, I flew about 600 hrs my first year 07/19-07/20.
Upgrade is not by seniority but by CA recommendations, other job performance criteria...most upgrade when all the blocks are checked but no mandatory up or out upgrades. The APC info states upgrades at 12 months for the X, not the case now.
Too soon to for updated timeframe but expect less than 2 yrs conservatively, 18 months possible if more X’s are bought. Not sure for the 300 folks.
#26
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2019
Position: Poolside
Posts: 534
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The newest CL-30 Captain upgraded today, and was hired in March 2019. Its almost impossible to tell if that is indicative of future upgrades...too many variables right now. But at least it’s a benchmark. I agree with you that 18-24 months is realistic, and that could drop with new aircraft acquisitions...
The newest CL-30 Captain upgraded today, and was hired in March 2019. Its almost impossible to tell if that is indicative of future upgrades...too many variables right now. But at least it’s a benchmark. I agree with you that 18-24 months is realistic, and that could drop with new aircraft acquisitions...
#27
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2015
Posts: 440
Thank you all. I really appreciate the info. Based on the formatting, I didn’t see the “total time” header. I thought the first column was ME. So I was scared. But I qualify for tier 2, so that’s good. Thanks again. Hopefully I (and anyone else who applied) hear something soon
#28
XOJET Citation X
Joined APC: Mar 2005
Position: DO, Baker Aviation, Citation X
Posts: 316
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The newest CL-30 Captain upgraded today, and was hired in March 2019. Its almost impossible to tell if that is indicative of future upgrades...too many variables right now. But at least it’s a benchmark. I agree with you that 18-24 months is realistic, and that could drop with new aircraft acquisitions...
The newest CL-30 Captain upgraded today, and was hired in March 2019. Its almost impossible to tell if that is indicative of future upgrades...too many variables right now. But at least it’s a benchmark. I agree with you that 18-24 months is realistic, and that could drop with new aircraft acquisitions...
Will see if my predictions work out but regardless very happy with the moves leadership is making to increase yields, increase utilization of fleet and hearing the demand for the product exceeds capacity which bodes well for convincing lenders in helping XO obtain more lift capacity.
Possibly more openings coming in the CL350 VJ fleet. When they are announced I will post the Jobvite link.
#29
Line Holder
Joined APC: Feb 2018
Position: EMB500 PIC
Posts: 84
chase
Roomer is we are adding more challengers. Looking at 9 right now. One is replacing another and going to be vista-fied. The cost of the X is the thing. We pick them up cheap and make a good return on them. But for every 4 Ax’s we need 4 more to cover the AOG’s. As they slowly (very slowly) start phasing out the X I see the 350’s coming to XOAV due to Vista not flying anything older than 3 years. Again. This is all unsubstantiated, but what I see coming in the future.
Roomer is we are adding more challengers. Looking at 9 right now. One is replacing another and going to be vista-fied. The cost of the X is the thing. We pick them up cheap and make a good return on them. But for every 4 Ax’s we need 4 more to cover the AOG’s. As they slowly (very slowly) start phasing out the X I see the 350’s coming to XOAV due to Vista not flying anything older than 3 years. Again. This is all unsubstantiated, but what I see coming in the future.
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