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May 08 Availability

Old 12-29-2007, 09:41 AM
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I will be retiring from my current occupation in May of 08. I will be 50. Am looking at the fractionals for a second career. When should I start sending out resumes/applying for the various fractionals? I'm afraid of doing it too early and being offered a position that I will have to turn down. How far in advance do the fractionals hire? Thanks in advance.
 
Old 12-29-2007, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by squawkoff View Post
I will be retiring from my current occupation in May of 08. I will be 50. Am looking at the fractionals for a second career. When should I start sending out resumes/applying for the various fractionals? I'm afraid of doing it too early and being offered a position that I will have to turn down. How far in advance do the fractionals hire? Thanks in advance.
Apply now. Every app I've seen lets you specify an availability date. NetJets seems to be taking about 4-6 months to even offer an interview from what I'm hearing. They won't offer you the interview much before you availability date because they don't like to maintain a pool awaiting training.

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Old 12-29-2007, 04:59 PM
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I accepted an offer from FlexJet in early September, but could not start until mid November due to reserve commitment. They had no problem waiting. I would go ahead and apply now, with your availability date noted.

FlexJet will be announcing changes to pay structure and possibly pilot bases in January; you might want to wait until then if you are not interested in one of the current pilot bases (DFW, DEN, TEB, FLL). The first question in the phone interview will be, "what base are you interested in?"
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