More Questions For Netjets Types...

[CA1900]

do you have to serve meals to the dudes/dudettes in the back? sounds like a good gig...

You're required by FAR to be at your pilot station unless you're up for physiological needs. You're not a flight attendant. As a pilot of a non-FA airplane, you'll set up the catering (there's a big drawer for it) before the passengers get to the plane, and point it out to them. They'll serve themselves in flight.

If an owner wants inflight service, he can arrange for an attendant to go on the flight, but serving meals/drinks is not a pilot duty.


That said, if I get up to do something (use the lav, get my crew meal, stretch my legs, or whatever), I'll ask if anyone needs anything while I'm up. But not much inflight service beyond that, other than helping them find something in the galley, or helping with the entertainment system.

...i dont really want to play FA very much.

Well, it is very much a personal service job. You'll be giving one-on-one safety demonstrations, pointing out exits, stowing/loading bags, etc. It's not just climbing into the cockpit to go flying; there's a lot of side work that goes along with it, both before and after the flight. But yeah, it's a good gig.

 

[skypine69]

Thanks for the answer. I think we are on the same page...I enjoy the one on one interaction with pax on the ground and occasionally in flight. (no jokes!) I dont want to be expected to be back there mixing drinks and serving meals during flight. It is not safe or professional. But i dont mind loading bags and doing the safety briefs etc...

 

[skiandsurf]

Thanks for the answer. I think we are on the same page...I enjoy the one on one interaction with pax on the ground and occasionally in flight. (no jokes!) I dont want to be expected to be back there mixing drinks and serving meals during flight. It is not safe or professional. But i dont mind loading bags and doing the safety briefs etc...

As a pilot for NJs, you will be expected to do a handful of duties while on the ground (clean the plane, throw bags, load catering, brief the pax). Once the plane leaves the ground, you are a pilot.

 

[skypine69]

thats cool...i like that stuff. how long are typical overnites nowadays...i seem to remember that you guys used to work 14 hours days everyday with a 10 hour RON and then back to it. has it gotten better?
also, in general on your first day when you commercial to meet the plane do you also work that day or is it strictly travel?

 

[skiandsurf]

thats cool...i like that stuff. how long are typical overnites nowadays...i seem to remember that you guys used to work 14 hours days everyday with a 10 hour RON and then back to it. has it gotten better?
also, in general on your first day when you commercial to meet the plane do you also work that day or is it strictly travel?

Long days are more typical. Seems like after the new IBB, not as much overtime. Days seem to be right at the 12 hour point. Day 1, havent started before 8am since IBB (overtime opportunity).

Day 1, is a work day. You might fly a lot, or you might not fly at all.

If you dont want to work (fly), and you want lots of hotel time, this is not the job for you. Remember, every week is different, and every fleet is different.

 

[Mooneymite]

do you have to serve meals to the dudes/dudettes in the back? sounds like a good gig, but i dont really want to play FA very much.

thanks

Playing FA isn't all that tough. It's the wig and those darn short, tight skirts they make you wear!

 

[hopalong]

Guys,

Thanks for all the great responses. Can anyone give me an average trip length? Sounds like they can vary quite a bit from week to week, but I have to sell this to the old lady. She's used to me being home quite a bit, and helping out with the kiddos. She's a 9-5er.

I am on the 7/7 and my family loves it. We have two
small kids and the best part is the vacation. Your two week vacation will be "two" three week vacations. After year 5, you will get "three", three week vacations. After year ten, it will be "four" three week vacations. (12 weeks!)

My wife loves it but she is a stay at home mom. I think it would be tough if she worked 9-5. But remember, when you are home, you ARE home. No checking in and no pager. Just you and the family.

 

[fischman]

Guys,

Thanks for all the great responses. Can anyone give me an average trip length? Sounds like they can vary quite a bit from week to week, but I have to sell this to the old lady. She's used to me being home quite a bit, and helping out with the kiddos. She's a 9-5er.

I am on the 7/7 and my family loves it. We have two
small kids and the best part is the vacation. Your two week vacation will be "two" three week vacations. After year 5, you will get "three", three week vacations. After year ten, it will be "four" three week vacations. (12 weeks!)

My wife loves it but she is a stay at home mom. I think it would be tough if she worked 9-5. But remember, when you are home, you ARE home. No checking in and no pager. Just you and the family.

Why would the "old lady" care how long the legs are? If you are going to be gone for 7 days, what does it matter?

 

[skypine69]

One more question....Have you ever dropped a big ol' dookie in the lav with pax on board?

 

[FOAgain]

Why would the "old lady" care how long the legs are? If you are going to be gone for 7 days, what does it matter?

I was talking trips, not legs. Trying to figure out if 6-7 days is the norm.

 

[fischman]

I was talking trips, not legs. Trying to figure out if 6-7 days is the norm.

7 days is normal.

 

[petitepilot]

One more question....Have you ever dropped a big ol' dookie in the lav with pax on board?

UUUHHMM..... anyone care to comment? Share? Anyone?
Please be as descriptive as possible. Elaborate on content and form. Flushability, or lack thereof. Buoyancy, color, shape, or simply a complete abscence in the bowl known as "The Ghost Poopie."
The GP has mystified researchers for years. The phenomenon that occurs when one stoops, struggles mightily, and stands sweating and bleeding, only to be confronted with an empty bowl has mystified humans since the advent of the toilet.
How did we come to this?

 

[FLYLOW22]

The only person capable of using the lav (in the small fleets) to dook it out is a small woman or a child.

Oh, by the way... when a dook is dropped, there are some accompanying emergency memory items not covered by the AFM that are ESSENTIAL for the crew to know and love.

OVERHEAD CABIN FAN-OFF

The reason for this is because the overhead cabin fans intake inlet is in the lav near the toilet. Sniff Sniff.

 

[Guitar Guy]

The only person capable of using the lav (in the small fleets) to dook it out is a small woman or a child.

Oh, by the way... when a dook is dropped, there are some accompanying emergency memory items not covered by the AFM that are ESSENTIAL for the crew to know and love.

OVERHEAD CABIN FAN-OFF

The reason for this is because the overhead cabin fans intake inlet is in the lav near the toilet. Sniff Sniff.

You forget the second memory item for that:


Oxygen masks......DON and EMER

 

[BlueandWhite]

Good technique also to set out the TP landing strip prior....then immediately follow up with a courtesy flush.