Leave Netjets?
12-04-2017, 10:25 PM
#313
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Originally Posted by hkdguy
Great info.
Can anyone post a realistic idea of what to expect W2-wise the first 3-5 years.
Trying to sale my wife on the idea...
Thanks
hkdguy
Can anyone post a realistic idea of what to expect W2-wise the first 3-5 years.
Trying to sale my wife on the idea...
Thanks
hkdguy
12-05-2017, 08:01 AM
#315
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My current salary is approximately $30k a year more than I would earn at NetJets, but when you add the 401k match, sick time buyback, extra pay for working national holidays etc. there's not much in it over a 5 year period. Add what i'd save in crew meals too and the net totals are very close. The difference being i'd be working a 7 & 7 schedule at NetJets v's my current 8 & 6.
12-05-2017, 08:04 AM
#316
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Originally Posted by Das Auto
My current salary is approximately $30k a year more than I would earn at NetJets, but when you add the 401k match, sick time buyback, extra pay for working national holidays etc. there's not much in it over a 5 year period. Add what i'd save in crew meals too and the net totals are very close. The difference being i'd be working a 7 & 7 schedule at NetJets v's my current 8 & 6.
12-05-2017, 10:16 AM
#317
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Originally Posted by Jetlife
Yea in the private jet space, you aren’t gonna beat NJA over the long run. Almost any airline, it’s not even a close comparison.
12-05-2017, 10:22 AM
#318
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Originally Posted by Das Auto
Which goes back to the argument of whether you're trying to earn as much money as possible or the 7 on 7 off home base is more important. I personally hate the thought of commuting and crash pads. To each their own.
Any way you slice it, the money is practically incomparable between most airlines and NJA. Especially when you look at 5-10-15-20 years from now. No way around the fact that commuting adds a crappy element though.
12-05-2017, 12:36 PM
#319
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Originally Posted by Jetlife
..., although you get treated better jumpseating no matter who the airline, than you do with a group 5 boarding pass and a middle seat with NJA. ...
12-05-2017, 12:44 PM
#320
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Originally Posted by germanaviator
Just curious: Don't NJA pilots typically have enough status with most airlines to get priority boarding most of the time?
In the CA Bay Area, I was OAK based but I could be flown out of OAK, SFO, SJC so I could literally be flown on anyone, and the same goes for coming home.
You do have the ability to dummy ticket and book your own ticket on the airline of your choice so you can build status, but you only get reimbursed 80% of the original ticket price, and NJA pays absolutely stupid low ticket prices so if building status is worth potentially several hundred or thousand dollars, you have the ability to do it.
Most pilots are able to build status on one airline, I got A list on SWA but everyone else I had nothing.
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