Duckhook

At my home base can I just park at signature and tell them Im with NJ then go jump on an airline?

jtf560

It depends on what the policy of the fbo or fbos at your pilot base is for allowing pilots to park- Signatures are not at every airport and each fbo will have it's own policies that can change at any time. Most will allow it and give you a ride to the terminal, but not all. Also, as the fractionals grow, the parking spots will fill up and more and more fbos will either allow no more (probably on a first come, first served basis so you won't know until you are there if you will have a space) or will just stop allowing anyone to do it if it starts cutting into customer spaces too much. Recently there have been problems in Kansas City with Executive Beechcraft suddenly changing the policy and I'm not sure if it has been resolved in a happy way for the pilots. The fbo at PDX has a policy of only allowing you to park there if you are actually taking a company airplane out of the fbo. These are just a couple of examples. I would suggest at least calling or visiting the fbo where you plan on trying to park to find out their policy.

MaLsR

What would one have to do to get a seat on the 737? Longevity with the company, or is that an invitation only sort of thing? Thanks!

OmahaPilot

Get in line behind 2,800 other guys. I think there is a longevity requirement at NJ (something like 2 years), but it's based on seniority, just like everything else in aviation.

Blueridger

Yeah, let's see here: 2 guppys in the fleet, 2900+ pilots, no retirement age, seniority based bidding: NOT A CHANCE IN HELL!!!!

jrmyl

I park at the local airport Hilton here in CVG. They are great about it and we just give the drivers a good tip each time. You really get to know each of the drivers pretty well.

Speedbird172

Not to beat a dead horse but I have a quick ? about the Gulfstream bases at NJ. This is the most current thread I found regarding bases, didn't think I needed to start a whole new one for; but anyway it seems the Gulfstreams operate slightly different than the rest of the fleet? If so are the crews home based also like the rest? Found a lot of info on the NJA bases but wasn't sure if the Gulfstreams operate the same way. I've got a long way to go but NJ is certainly a company I am interested in down the road, especially the international flying. Thanks!

jtf560

Currently those pilots who fly for NJI on the IV, 450, V, and 550 can live almost anywhere they want in America- more choices than even the grandfathered pilots at NJA. It will be interesting to see how the entire integration goes. They claim nobody will be displaced from their home bases. My guess is that they will get a grandfather rule like the pre '05 contract pilots got on the '07 contract and since all new hires will come from NJA the majority will go to the new 100 list.

NZNV

Unfortunately you have to already be here to qualify for home basing. All NJI FOs will be filled by NJA pilots. If you were to get hired at NJA and wait maybe four years and to hold an NJI slot you will still be under the 100 bases. We will be adding ten more in a few years though. Probably not what you were looking for, hope it helps.

Speedbird172

Thanks for the info, it's about what I figured. I remember reading somewhere else about NJI slots being filled by NJA pilots, seems to make sense. I'm kinda thinking long term anyway, I know it'll be a while before I even get to NJA at this point.