Any Known Upcoming G650 Operators? Where do I send my app????

[johnsonrod]

Wal-Mart is getting number 8.

Leaving the Global for the G650. Certainly more capable from a range/speed standpoint. Good for those pilots!

 

[Fly91]

Carnival Cruise lines gets there's too........not exactly sure when.

I heard type costs are gonna be $95,000 per pilot......how pathetic.

 

[falconpilot]

Should be the first of a couple in KFTW in about a year.[/

Where in ftw

 

[CWGrizwald]

Training contract

A company I know is making their pilots and mechanics sign a four (yes I said four) year training contract when they get theirs in a few months.

 

[Fly91]

A company I know is making their pilots and mechanics sign a four (yes I said four) year training contract when they get theirs in a few months.

They should....$95,000 type-rating. Last thing we need are dirtbag pilots getting types and then leaving in 3 months......making the industry suck for the rest of us.

 

[Cat3C]

kinda BS when, from my experience with new aircraft purchases, it is a negotiated item for pilot and maintenance training so really no skin off of the nose. YMMV

 

[Gulfstream 200]

I also know, from a cousins friend who is taking delivery of one next month, that such opportunities come with a price...

They are not only requiring a 4 year training contract, but they require that you toss your first born through #1 engine inlet as a sacrifice to the mighty Grumman gods.

BTW school is also closer to $165,000. What would you expect from such a bird?

 

[AeroDork]

They should....$95,000 type-rating. Last thing we need are dirtbag pilots getting types and then leaving in 3 months......making the industry suck for the rest of us.

So your solution to dirtbags making the industry suck for the rest of us is to make the industry suck for the rest of us by making everyone sign a training contract?!?!?!?! For fuc&'s sake. If that's the way you'd run a department, please, for the sake of the industry, remove yourself from consideration from managing the two G-IV's and leave it to someone who will...I don't know....attempt to MAKE THE JOB NOT WORTH LEAVING IN THREE MONTHS instead of making all of your employees indentured servants.

 

[Hugh Johnson]

I'm sure that's a bunch of crap. Factory purchases come with 3 type ratings and 2 maintenance training evolutions.

 

[CWGrizwald]

True

I'm sure you are wrong.

 

[Partyfoul]

Of the 4 factory buys I've been a part of with GAC all 4 had at least 3 pilot and 2 maintenance slots included.

 

[CWGrizwald]

Types with purchase

Not arguing types with purchase, just standing by my statement that this company is requiring a four year commitment to get the type. Some places keep their folks by good salaries and treating their employees with respect, others don't and have to use other means, such as training commitments. My questions is; have those cost numbers, 95K or 165K been verified by Flight Safety, or are they internet folklore? Seems a bit steep, even for Flight Safety.

 

[CRJCA]

Exxon Mobile is getting two. I think they are getting one of the first few. I was told by Gulfstream when I was there that it will not be a common type. No mention of the costs, but I would have to assume these slots are definitely NOT "free" with the airplane. The owner is paying for them inherently with the purchase price and has a right to ask for a reasonable agreement with those accepting training. Now four years??? Uhhh...... I kind of run out of things to say there. Wow.

 

[johnsonrod]

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[freighthumper]

Steve Wynn out of LAS is getting one this year. FIVE year commitment... I've heard people are actually trying to leave so they wont have to sign it.