Nachomamma

Agreed. That's how we learn. At least get your apps in with the good jobs now so you're not wasting anymore time than you have to. NJ has had people leaving new-hire Indoc for greener pasture recently.

Das Auto

You ALLLLLLLLLLLL said that? If that was true you ALLLLLLLL would have left by now and the upgrade time would be 12 months, like XO Jet.

Jetlife

The Feb 2015 class has about 50% of the people still there, the Mar class even less. I’m not making this up, there isn’t some hidden agenda. Why would anyone leave to go to XO? Everyone is going 121 major man, and they aren’t looking back.

Das Auto

We'll I guess I'm on my own then. That's OK. I quite enjoy my own company.

Jetlife

You aren’t on your own dude, there are plenty of people who plan to stay long term. But you have literally no idea what the job entails yet, and when the honeymoon wears off, you’ll be in here saying I told ya so. Get hired before you assume you know the job

Das Auto

I've flown 91k before and currently fly 135. The only difference is with NetJets I'll have more crew meals and more time off. I think I'll survive. I appreciate your concern though.

Jetlife

Glad to see you have it all figured out lol. You have never flown 91k and 135 like NetJets does. I promise you that.

GeeWizDriver

I hope you understand it isn't true home basing. Quite a few people, current NJ pilots included, don't fully understand the basing system. You will have a choice of 100 CREW BASES. The "Home Based Airport" system is slowly dying and only applies to certain "legacy" NJA pilots. If you don't live in one of those 100 Crew Base cities, you'll be driving to one. In some cases, right past an airport that another NJA pilot gets to use.

As with all things, CAVEAT EMPTOR.

CA1900

Very important distinction. There's a "B-scale" of sorts with respect to domiciles, as folks hired a few years back have access to 200+ airports, while those more recently hired must pick from the Crew Base List. There's no opportunity to ever move to the Home Base Airport system, even with more seniority. To further complicate things, there are some airports that former-NJI pilots are using that no other NJA pilots can use.

For many, like me, it didn't make any difference (I live near an airport on both lists), but a new-hire should be aware of whether he'll be driving three hours past the nearby airport that his captain is using.

Here's that list; apologies for the formatting:

ABQ Albuquerque Intl. Sunport Albuquerque NM
ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Intl. Atlanta GA
AUS Austin Bergstrom Intl. Austin TX
BDL Bradley Intl. Windsor Locks CT
BED Hanscom Field Bedford MA
BHM Birmingham Intl. Birmingham AL
BIL Billings Logan Intl. Billings MT
BNA Nashville Intl. Nashville TN
BOI Boise Air Terminal Boise ID
BOS Logan Intl. Boston MA
BTV Burlington Intl. Burlington VT
BUF Buffalo Niagara Intl. Buffalo NY
BWI Baltimore-Washington Intl. Baltimore MD
CHS Charleston Intl. Charleston SC
CLE Cleveland Hopkins Intl. Cleveland OH
CLT Charlotte Douglas Intl. Charlotte NC
CMH Port Columbus Intl. Columbus OH
COS City Of Colorado Springs Municipal Colorado Springs CO
CVG Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Intl. Covington KY
DAL Dallas Love Fld. Dallas TX
DCA Reagan National Arlington VA
DEN Denver Intl. Denver CO
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth DFW Airport TX
DRO Durango La Plata County Durango CO
DSM Des Moines Intl. Des Moines IA
DTW Detroit Metro Wayne County Detroit MI
ELP El Paso Intl. El Paso TX
EWR Newark Liberty Intl. Newark NJ
FAR Hector Intl. Fargo ND
FSD Joe Foss Field Sioux Falls SD
GEG Spokane Intl. Spokane WA
GRR Gerald R. Ford Intl. Grand Rapids MI
GSO Piedmont Triad Intl. Greensboro NC
GSP Greenville-Spartanburg Intl. Greer SC
HOU William P. Hobby Houston TX
HPN Westchester County White Plains NY
IAD Washington Dulles Intl. Dulles VA
ICT Wichita Mid-Continent Wichita KS
ILM Wilmington Intl. Wilmington NC
IND Indianapolis Intl. Indianapolis IN
JAC Jackson Hole Jackson WY
JAN Jackson Evers Intl. Jackson MS
JAX Jacksonville Intl. Jacksonville FL
LAS McCarran Intl. Las Vegas NV
LAX Los Angeles Intl. Los Angeles CA
LGA La Guardia New York NY
LIT Adams Field Little Rock AR
MAF Midland Intl. Midland TX
MCI Kansas City Intl. Kansas City MO
MCO Orlando Intl. Orlando FL
MDW Chicago Midway Intl. Chicago IL
MEM Memphis Intl. Memphis TN
MFR Medford Oregon OR
MHT Manchester Manchester NH
MIA Miami Intl. Miami FL
MKE General Mitchell Intl. Milwaukee WI
MLI Quad City Intl. Moline IL
MSP Minneapolis St. Paul Intl. Minneapolis MN
MSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl. New Orleans LA
OKC Will Rogers World Oklahoma City OK
OMA Eppley Airfield Omaha NE
ORD Chicago O’Hare Intl. Chicago IL
ORF Norfolk Intl. Norfolk VA
PBI Palm Beach Intl. West Palm Beach FL
PDK Peachtree DeKalb Atlanta GA
PDX Portland Intl. Portland OR
PHL Philadelphia Intl. Philadelphia PA
PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl. Phoenix AZ
PIT Pittsburgh Intl. Pittsburgh PA
PNS Pensacola Regional Pensacola FL
PSP Palm Springs Intl. Palm Springs CA
PVD Theodore Francis Green State Providence RI
PWM Portland Intl. Jetport Portland ME
RIC Richmond Intl. Richmond VA
RAP Rapid City Regional Rapid City SD
RDU Raleigh Durham Intl. Raleigh/Durham NC
RNO Reno Tahoe Intl. Reno NV
ROC Greater Rochester Intl. Rochester NY
RSW Southwest Florida Intl. Fort Myers FL
SAN San Diego Intl. San Diego CA
SAT San Antonio Intl. San Antonio TX
SAV Savannah Hilton Head Intl. Savannah GA
SDF Louisville Intl Standiford Field Louisville KY
SEA Seattle Tacoma Intl. Seattle WA
SFO San Francisco Intl. San Francisco CA
SGF Springfield Branson National Springfield MO
SHV Shreveport Regional Shreveport LA
SJC Norman Y Mineta San Jose Intl. San Jose CA
SLC Salt Lake City Intl. Salt Lake City UT
SMF Sacramento Intl. Sacramento CA
SNA John Wayne Airport Orange County Santa Ana CA
STL Lambert St. Louis Intl. St. Louis MO
SYR Syracuse Hancock Intl. Syracuse NY
TEB Teterboro Teterboro NJ
TLH Tallahassee Regional Tallahassee FL
TPA Tampa Intl. Tampa FL
TUL Tulsa Intl. Tulsa OK
TUS Tucson Intl. Tucson AZ
TYS Mc Ghee Tyson Knoxville TN
VNY Van Nuys Van Nuys CA

BuckeyeFO

The basing is the best thing about NetJets. 2nd best is the healthcare (especially if you have kids).

No 91k/135 job will prepare you for the NJA schedule, especially in the small fleets.

Try to only order 2 crew meals a day. You will put on weight, everyone does.
Fatigue for all days scheduled past 12 hours.
Don't carry write ups.

I'm sure some others will chime in about how to make the best of the situation.