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01-30-2018 | 09:21 AM
#3131
New Hire
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Adding to what 1900 said. I've never heard of someone being forced off the 7/7. It's contractually possible but not probable. You'll get the 7/7 if you want it. The trimester bids can suck if you miss the cut off. I missed it by one week on one of my new aircraft. Waiting till the next bid sucks.
Being assigned a fleet as a new hire is 100% correct. Look for Phenom, XL, 680, and maybe the Latitude. The Latitude should be offered to new hires soon.
Being assigned a fleet as a new hire is 100% correct. Look for Phenom, XL, 680, and maybe the Latitude. The Latitude should be offered to new hires soon.
01-30-2018 | 09:22 AM
#3132
New Hire
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If they don't get enough people bidding the CC72 and CC76 schedules (average 18 and 19 days a month, respectively), they can force up to a certain percentage in each fleet/seat to be on the CC72.
As a practical matter, enough guys are voluntarily on those schedules that they won't have to force anybody, but if you're in the bottom 10% (I believe) of a given fleet, it's a possibility.
Keep in mind also that you'll be on the 18-day Training schedule, followed by the CC72, from the day you start until you're able to bid onto the 7/7. As the bids are only done three times a year, you may not be able to get the 7/7 for a number of months after you start.
As a practical matter, enough guys are voluntarily on those schedules that they won't have to force anybody, but if you're in the bottom 10% (I believe) of a given fleet, it's a possibility.
Keep in mind also that you'll be on the 18-day Training schedule, followed by the CC72, from the day you start until you're able to bid onto the 7/7. As the bids are only done three times a year, you may not be able to get the 7/7 for a number of months after you start.
Thanks for the response!
01-30-2018 | 10:40 AM
#3133
On Reserve
Joined: Oct 2014
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They don't take that into account at all. They put you where they need bodies or whatever sim slots are available. Their thinking is that they have to send you through the entire program anyway. Sometimes they have multiple fleets available and will ask which you prefer. It never hurts to ask what they have available when the time comes.
01-30-2018 | 06:42 PM
#3136
Speed, Power, Accuracy
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02-01-2018 | 07:37 AM
#3137
Line Holder
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02-01-2018 | 08:43 AM
#3140
Banned
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NJA is unique, and it has a certain demographic of pilot right by the balls. Guys that were furloughed 15-18 years ago from the airlines and sought refuge at Netjets, are now stuck. Either the airlines didn't call them when they tried to get hired, or they got totally screwed via a merger (TWA guys) and didn't take recall for whatever reason. Now they make ok money, and have lots of seniority which makes them feel safe. But to make the money that their brothers and sisters make at the airlines at a similar DOH and seat, they have to work 19 days a month. Hell there are guys that EXTEND and work more. It is the only way guys say that you can make as much at NJA as the airlines, is working 19 days a month or more.
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