Realistic FO salary at Netjets
10-07-2022, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Deserthusker
It’s the version where you always go with scissors cause your wife goes with rock. Happy wife happy life.
Think thats why we're still married after 14 years!
10-07-2022, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by v1rotatay
Is that like an easier version/regional subversion of rock,paper,scissors? 
Next thing you know they'll be getting their own room during initial, and their uniforms paid for!
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10-07-2022, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Das Auto
Yeah, well I've experienced both too and being stranded at the airport sucks. Loads can say whatever they want, but if an earlier flight cancels and everyone rolls over onto yours you're S.O.L. Happened to me on several occasions. No worries when you have a confirmed seat. Similar to the 121 vs frac commuting argument.
The points do add up. I took my family of 4 to Europe and back last year on American. Doing the same next year on United, and just got back from a week in Mexico, American miles and Marriott points.
There were a couple of occasions where I scored 1st class on Continental international non reving, but domestic, forget it. Especially with your family in tow. I can't count how many times there was one seat available so my wife and I played rocks and scissors. Both needed to get back for work.
One time the seats to Cancun were wide open. We had Costa Rica as a back up. By the time we got to the airport both were oversold. After waiting at the airport all day we ended up taking a flight to Memphis TN. Not quite the margaritas on the beach we had in mind, but still had a good time. Like you said, "flexibility is key." That's great of you're retired.
It's good to be proud of where you work, but exaggerating and making false claims depreciates the value of the information on these threads.
The points do add up. I took my family of 4 to Europe and back last year on American. Doing the same next year on United, and just got back from a week in Mexico, American miles and Marriott points.
There were a couple of occasions where I scored 1st class on Continental international non reving, but domestic, forget it. Especially with your family in tow. I can't count how many times there was one seat available so my wife and I played rocks and scissors. Both needed to get back for work.
One time the seats to Cancun were wide open. We had Costa Rica as a back up. By the time we got to the airport both were oversold. After waiting at the airport all day we ended up taking a flight to Memphis TN. Not quite the margaritas on the beach we had in mind, but still had a good time. Like you said, "flexibility is key." That's great of you're retired.
It's good to be proud of where you work, but exaggerating and making false claims depreciates the value of the information on these threads.
10-07-2022, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by C2078
Well, anyone with any sense of common sense can see you are BS to the teeth your usage of points. Anyone can see that is simply unrealistic in today’s redemption values. Who’s Exaggerating and making false claims? But then again, you have been known to do this often.
Now, If you want to use those miles for a first class ticket they will get eaten up real quick, no question. Those seats are the airlines bread and butter on the wide bodies. Europe is only 25,000 points in the back though and having some precious metal status will get you a seat with a bit more leg room. No B.S. here, just the perks of the job. Don't get your tighty whities all bunched up over it.
(Or your tighty brownies since you're at UPS.)
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10-09-2022, 09:40 PM
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Yes, I blew all my miles at Delta since I flew on them a lot less than AA (CLT Based). I have the best of both worlds because I took early retirement from USAirways when recalled in 2007. So I had airline miles from NetJets and still the ability to non-rev on AA, which I can still do. And I think it was 100K points for the Hilton Waikoloa back then.
It's funny, my last flight with NetJets was April 2017. I have flown on airlines exactly twice since then, both were ILM-CLT after driving a car to ILM to give to one of my stepdaughters. Bad case of "been there, done that". About all that's on my bucket list is Yellowstone and Denali Natl Park.
It's funny, my last flight with NetJets was April 2017. I have flown on airlines exactly twice since then, both were ILM-CLT after driving a car to ILM to give to one of my stepdaughters. Bad case of "been there, done that". About all that's on my bucket list is Yellowstone and Denali Natl Park.
Originally Posted by C2078
Why don’t you add the context to that… the two airlines where probably 200k+ points, which most likely took you 3-4 years to accumulate. Same with the points. So a nice paid vacation every 3-4 years is definitely nice. I can do that once, maybe twice a year, granted maybe not in First, but more frequently for sure. In my 10+ years at NJ I never accumulated more than about 80k miles per year across all airlines. Math doesn’t lie. 7/7, 20 tours a year, times 2 flights x 1,500 miles average per trip (and that is high, many were shorter trips and multiple car rentals). Unless you are in a city that exclusively flies one airline, or constantly doing transcons, it takes years to accumulate miles.
Same goes for Hotels. I stayed at the Hilton Waikoloa Village many years ago for a full week for 100,000 points 😳. That same stay today is about 500,000.
You may be that 3% that flies almost exclusively on one airline and gets a lot of transcons, or flies the extra tour per month by being on the CC72. Good for you. But it takes years for the average 7/7 person living in the average city to accumulate any serious amount of points to use semi frequently.
Same goes for Hotels. I stayed at the Hilton Waikoloa Village many years ago for a full week for 100,000 points 😳. That same stay today is about 500,000.
You may be that 3% that flies almost exclusively on one airline and gets a lot of transcons, or flies the extra tour per month by being on the CC72. Good for you. But it takes years for the average 7/7 person living in the average city to accumulate any serious amount of points to use semi frequently.
01-17-2023, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ESQ702
Anyone care to chime in with ranges or estimates of what you can make in year 1 at NetJets on the 60/72 schedule as a FO?
I’d plan for training pay for 3 months and then base from there. Common to see ~$90-$100k, so I’ve been told.
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