Originally Posted by MinRest

The problem is, you are talking about changing the entire identity of how NJASAP justifies the demand for higher pay. Nobody pays more to fly private jets over the span of a career than NJA, unless you find some unicorn 91 gig. The continued path to try and keep up with the airlines causes them to make up reasons to justify their position. Most NJA pilots agree with it and will argue it. I laughed at the latest NJASAP ad. ASE and JAC aren't challenging at all, especially when you consider that you can go into some insane airports with made-up visual approaches to some random dude's ranch that you have never seen before. Of all the challenging airports I have flown to in my career, ASE and JAC are not on that list and probably don't make the top 10.

New hires aren't the problem. I almost wonder if NJASAP is trying to further create hiring issues for the company by chastizing them for being lower time in hopes that they will quit faster and/or not go to NJA. Very odd tactic. Either NJA pilots are the highest trained or they aren't, can't have it both ways. NJASAP seems to sell the idea that the pilots are the highest trained yet lack the skill to operate at airports people go to on a daily basis at every other operator.

I fully agree with you. They are focusing on ASE yet new hires are going into airplanes that can fly all over the world and have no international experience. Flying the tracks to a foreign airport is way more challenging than Aspen will ever be.

Originally Posted by Fly2023

Is the Latitude cockpit the same size as the Longitude? Same amount of space for pilots? Similar arrangement? Both using G5000? Similar to fly but Longitude heavier on controls from what I understand. Thankyou in advance.