Charter Brokerages (Blue Star Jets)

[wp1782]

Greetings,

Does anybody have any information on employement at Blue Star as a broker? Any information would be appreciated. Thank you very much. Good Day.

 

[landlover]

last i heard 2 guys run the whole operation?? if they are growing maybe they are looking. why not give them a call and ask them.

 

[Shamus]

I have flown trips for them before. The brokers work like you know what. I had a broker show up at the FBO in KBCT with bagels and coffe. I didn't know what to make of it, and still don't.

 

[ex_nyer]

Re: BlueStarJets

An acquaintance of mine went to work for BlueStarJets. They told her
she could easily make 150K the first year. She left after 3 months.
The job basically consists of cold-calling potential clients from various
lists and trying to make contact with CEOs and those people who make
the call regarding private jet travel. If you are lucky enough to get a trip
request, you contact several charter operators for quotes and then mark
the quote up accordingly. As a broker you get 50% (not sure about
this... it might be 40%) of the profit as your commission. From what
she told me, most people work on straight commission. (No benefits either).

If you have a rolodex full of wealthy families and CEOs who fly privately,
or if you are skilled salesperson with a "silver tongue", you can probably
do well here. Good luck and keep us posted.

 

[Stealthh21]

An acquaintance of mine went to work for BlueStarJets. They told her
she could easily make 150K the first year. She left after 3 months.
The job basically consists of cold-calling potential clients from various
lists and trying to make contact with CEOs and those people who make
the call regarding private jet travel. If you are lucky enough to get a trip
request, you contact several charter operators for quotes and then mark
the quote up accordingly. As a broker you get 50% (not sure about
this... it might be 40%) of the profit as your commission. From what
she told me, most people work on straight commission. (No benefits either).

If you have a rolodex full of wealthy families and CEOs who fly privately,
or if you are skilled salesperson with a "silver tongue", you can probably
do well here. Good luck and keep us posted.

This is very true. They jack up the price bigtime for their clents and pocket all the extra cash. And I am sure that they broker brokered trips too.

 

[mike1mc]

We do quite a few trips for Blue Star. They used to be a LOT worse to deal with, but after the TEB crash I think they got a little more serious. There are still quote a few of the "Used Car Salesmen" types there, and they still have no idea what a "135 Reg" is, but it is getting better. They also recently contracted with Wyvern to collect operator data. I was flying a trip for them and the customer happened to leave his Blue Star Itinerary/Quote on the seat and as I picked it up I saw what they had charged him. It was close to double what our quote was to them. Unbelieveable. Once things start slowing down again, and it will, these brokers will be out on the street.

 

[Stealthh21]

We do quite a few trips for Blue Star. They used to be a LOT worse to deal with, but after the TEB crash I think they got a little more serious. There are still quote a few of the "Used Car Salesmen" types there, and they still have no idea what a "135 Reg" is, but it is getting better. They also recently contracted with Wyvern to collect operator data. I was flying a trip for them and the customer happened to leave his Blue Star Itinerary/Quote on the seat and as I picked it up I saw what they had charged him. It was close to double what our quote was to them. Unbelieveable. Once things start slowing down again, and it will, these brokers will be out on the street.

Can't wait untill they are gone! I think Blue Star is one of them, but my favorate are the ones that advertise a fleet of airplanes, when you and I both know they have nothing. Bunch of posers.