Originally Posted by Learflyer

you're, right. it is exciting, but remember, 99% of the time, you're going to be flying no name business folks. I.E. Target managers, lawyers, etc. Then all of a sudden there's President Clinton on board. Or Morgan Freeman talking about flying . (he has a private). I hope he's recovering BTW from his car accident.

Originally Posted by bull

Thanks everyone for all of your time. I really appreciate all the insight you've provided. It seems that everyone pretty much enjoys the quality of life issue, which is the info I was looking for. Thanks again. BTW, amaineiac, I am a military instructor in the Beech 400.

Originally Posted by Learflyer

Well, if you can stand it, most have a 7on, 7off sked. you know you're sked up to a year in advance. At my former frac, we had an 8/7 sked. The 8 days on was brutal, but the 7 off was nice. After about day three or so, you will eventually have to look at the hotel room phone to see which city you are in. you will walk into walls, because you thought you were in the hotel room from yesterday! You'll depart from airports like Cornelius, GA and land in Boston's Logan. You'll have a trip out of JFK going to Ocean Reef Club (a private airfield in MIA area). You'll spend some tours never leaving the hotel room (mx), or other tours never leaving the state of Texas. you'll have some tours where you're crossing the country everyday!

You'll fly celebrities you have never thought you would meet. You'll get yelled at by Martha Stewart one day, and invited to the Tonight Show taping (true story, but not typical) by Emeril the next day. You'll see places on this earth where you will not believe rich folks can actually live there. Sometimes the Beechjet you are flying is loaded up with Junior's stuff to take him away to college. This is also a true story. I spent one day of a rotation going back and forth from Athens, GA, to Peachtree airport in Atlanta moving Thurston's desks, computers, furniture, and books to his school. Expensive moving company!

You'll be appreciated by Michael J. Fox, and told your decision to no go is a wrong one by Dan Quail! you'll drop your keys on the ramp in KBGR, only to find out you have to scale the fence to get them back (locked out 2 am). You'll drop off some rich lady in Americus, Ga and after you takeoff again, you'll hear her calling you on the unicom to "please come back, as I forgot my antique sword in the luggage compartment."

I'll think of others as time passes. I'm only one (former) frac pilot. I hope a bunch of others on here can share a few stories for you!

Originally Posted by Sperl0863

LearFlyer had a great post about a typical day in the life of a NetJets pilot. It really gives us wannabe's something interesting to read. I hope people keep posting more of the same. I know theres prob more of the same on other threads but i think most people have already seen them. Its nice seeing other peoples experiences.

Originally Posted by Learflyer

Well, if you can stand it, most have a 7on, 7off sked. you know you're sked up to a year in advance. At my former frac, we had an 8/7 sked. The 8 days on was brutal, but the 7 off was nice. After about day three or so, you will eventually have to look at the hotel room phone to see which city you are in. you will walk into walls, because you thought you were in the hotel room from yesterday! You'll depart from airports like Cornelius, GA and land in Boston's Logan. You'll have a trip out of JFK going to Ocean Reef Club (a private airfield in MIA area). You'll spend some tours never leaving the hotel room (mx), or other tours never leaving the state of Texas. you'll have some tours where you're crossing the country everyday!

You'll fly celebrities you have never thought you would meet. You'll get yelled at by Martha Stewart one day, and invited to the Tonight Show taping (true story, but not typical) by Emeril the next day. You'll see places on this earth where you will not believe rich folks can actually live there. Sometimes the Beechjet you are flying is loaded up with Junior's stuff to take him away to college. This is also a true story. I spent one day of a rotation going back and forth from Athens, GA, to Peachtree airport in Atlanta moving Thurston's desks, computers, furniture, and books to his school. Expensive moving company!

You'll be appreciated by Michael J. Fox, and told your decision to no go is a wrong one by Dan Quail! you'll drop your keys on the ramp in KBGR, only to find out you have to scale the fence to get them back (locked out 2 am). You'll drop off some rich lady in Americus, Ga and after you takeoff again, you'll hear her calling you on the unicom to "please come back, as I forgot my antique sword in the luggage compartment."

I'll think of others as time passes. I'm only one (former) frac pilot. I hope a bunch of others on here can share a few stories for you!

Originally Posted by LukinUp

lear,

Probably the BEST run-down I've heard of frac flying. Loved it and LMAO! About the name dropping, I and probably others took it fully for comedic value and not an invasion of privacy! Still LMAO.

Originally Posted by Learflyer

Thanks. some of the NJA guys are a little tight in the pants. Oh stop, some of my best friends are there! Besides, sometimes we would get trip sheets faxed to us at hotels with their names plastered all over it...