On Your Six
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i've know a guy that left Colgan for Flex Jet and regretted it. I have only heard negative about Flex Jet. Though this was almost 2 years ago.
Are you kidding me? Anything would be an improvement over Colgan. Perhaps he didn't live in one of their domiciles and he had to commute - that's never good. I would think going from a Beech or Slaab to a nice Lear/Challenger would be a step up but I guess I am wrong. I hope he returned to Colgan to fly to his 10-15 destinations and cruising altitude of 15K.
As far as Flex is concerned, I have heard good and bad but I think things are getting better. With the new Netjets TA you can expect things to get better at all of the frax companies - if not, people will leave for Netjets. Flex's management knows that. I forsee both a salary and a QOL bump at some point. That said, fractional flying is very different from 121 flying and you need to recognize that - very adhoc in nature. There are plenty of Flex guys on these forums and I would send PMs to all of them to get the positives and negatives.
As far as the commute, do yourself a favor and avoid it if you can. I wouldn't choose Air Tran if I had to travel from DEN. If you do go to Flex and you have a choice of aircraft (rare but it happens now and then from what I have heard), go for the Challenger 300 or 604/606. I hear the 300 fleet is busy because it is a very popular airplane with the owners. Check it out:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?...RNA ZBQR)) beqre ol cubgb_vq QRFP&photo_nr=1
I would go to Flex and not commute from Denver. Let us know what you choose. Good luck!
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