jdm7565

What's your total time if you dont mind me asking? I saw NetJets recently lowered their hiring minimums and just wondering if people are starting to interview at the bare minimums of 1500 hrs?

jtf560

They dropped the bare mins to 1000 or so hours now for those that went to the university pilot factories. There have been pilots hired straight out of flight instructing lately.

JulesWinfield

There’s no such thing as stability and QOL when **** hits the fan. I will say a regional airline is the worst in a recession, followed by fractional and corporate flying, but plenty of major pilots got the screw job multiple times. Figure out your actual goals and make a plan to get there.

MinRest

Agreed. I was trying to be nice.

MinRest

Blah blah blah...

Says the guy who keeps getting kicked off the NJASAP message board for being a lunatic. Why were you kicked off this time? Complaining that you can't extend even more than you do now and that you want more money? Do they no longer let you extend 25 days a month so you can no longer come on APC and try and W2 flex? Poor guy...

NJA absolutely does NOT have pilots leaving first tier airlines to go there lol. You literally have CFI's with no turbine time getting CJOs to NJA posting IN THIS THREAD. Stop the lunacy.

MinRest

Wait, are you saying that you don't want the most amount of money with the most time off possible? You think people like working more for less money? Get real, people want the most time off with the most amount of money possible. Why else would you want anything else?

Das Auto

Not everyone is wired the same way as you. Some settle for less financial gain if it means no commuting. Others may trade less time off if it means not constantly flying on the back side of the clock, which is detrimental to your health. Didn't you just post that the 7&7 schedule is roughly the same time off as a legacy? I'm amazed you slipped through the cracks during the interview process at NetJets. They're usually pretty good at filtering out the "delta bravos."

jtf560

How much does an average legacy 737 or 320 captain make on an average schedule? I know it isn't found just by multiplying the hourly rate by 1000 and the W2 thread on the majors board doesn't make it easy to guess anything close to an average. I'm sure it is considerably more than a NetJets captain on the 7&7, but the average on the 7&7 is now around 250K with 0 extra days. Work day for work day I'm sure the legacies blow NJA away, but those who are willing to work more than the 7&7 average really do make quite reasonable money now, though they are definitely earning it. I would have a hard time believing a captain on the 76 day schedule would make less than 300K now, even without a bunch of extended days. The pilots who crank out the extended days are making real money. I recently flew with a Global captain who was over 300K by the end of June. That is not the norm, but it is real. I would personaly go for the legacies if I was young and they are probably a better choice for the vast majority, but to pooh pooh the money that one can make at Netjets now isn't right. It is there and it is real. It just takes more work to get it.

v1rotatay

Heard from many sources too they're starting a pilot pathway program with UND too. Not sure what that means/entails however.

jtf560

They are starting programs and doing all they can to get the word out about NJA at all the big schools. The amount of growth they want to do will require many thousands of pilots. I still believe they are going to have to pay way up to get enough pilots and keep them for at least a few years. They haven't given out many facts other than that they are ramping up the recruitment and that they are dropping the mins.