FlexJet Upgrade??

[UND_Sioux]

I have a FlexJet interview later this month and I have a few questions for any FlexJet guys out there?

1. Karen said the upgrade should be around 4.5 years. Do you think that is pretty close?

2. I'm currently at a regional right now. I hate the QOL and commuting. Do any of you have a desire to leave FJ for a major? Although I've never worked at a major, the way I am looking at it is that I would be trading QOL for less money. Is the QOL worth $80K?

3. Is there a certain percentage that the payscale goes up after 12 years of longevity?

Thanks.

 

[rumrnr78]

Congrats- Ran into a buddy at the stocklocker (you will get too know real well!) who is upgrading at 2 years 4 months. I think Karen is giving worst case senario. However, this place rocks and if I have to wait 4.5 years then so be it, the lifestyle is so much better than the regionals.
ASA would wait till the end of January or whatever to put my 401k money in, Flex every paycheck. Cool HSA account for medical and a pension (form my years of banking, it is good not great but worthwhile). Once you get the routine down it is a pretty easy job. Rotations vary sometimes you work your arse off others not, just depends on owner demands.
Enjoy the interview, it very relaxed and informative. Enjoy the process!!
Rum

 

[AirChef]

upgrades are running around 2.5 years and yes, Karen will tell you worse case. The destinations change hourly so you need to be flexible, you will get plenty of New Jersey and South Florida and about the time you've had enough of those destinations you get Aspen, Vail, British Columbia, etc.
Our sales team rivals any in the industry so I don't see sales slowing anytime soon, we have not lost a customer to the competition in 26 months and continue to receive owners from all the other fractionals. We do fly hard at Flexjet so expect to be busy when you are on the road.

Flexjet has a history of supporting their family members, they have flown an aircraft out to pick-up a crewmember on duty so he could see the birth of his boy, flew a Lear to get family members (not the wife as he crash close to home, this was secondary family members) after one of our pilots was injured in a motorcycle crash, flew a guys wife to him after he had a heart attack and then flew them both home after the hospital stay, and this list could continue!

As for the airlines, thats an individual choice and Flexjet will support you either way as long as you bust your rear for us while your employed here.

 

[Iam3rd]

And the Netjet guys wonder why the pilots at Flexjet won't unionize.....If Flex were to unionize, they would no longer be able to do these things.

 

[Majik]

And the Netjet guys wonder why the pilots at Flexjet won't unionize.....If Flex were to unionize, they would no longer be able to do these things.

Googester, once again, you knoweth not that of which you speaketh. NetJets does that for it's pilots and has been doing it for a long time.

Now it's true that we don't have those benefits written into our contract, so NetJets could suddenly stop taking care of of it's employees if they so desired, as could your company.

You really need to try to keep your anti-union venom from causing these thread hijacks.

 

[RNObased]

And the Netjet guys wonder why the pilots at Flexjet won't unionize.....If Flex were to unionize, they would no longer be able to do these things.

Ok, I'm trying to follow your logic stream here so help me out. If Flex unionized WHY won't they be able to help their employees??? I'm just curious, because that statement makes no sense to me. Maybe you can clear it up with some facts to actually base this statement on. Or then again maybe you can't.

 

[tk855]

And the Netjet guys wonder why the pilots at Flexjet won't unionize.....If Flex were to unionize, they would no longer be able to do these things.

Why don't you actually get your feet wet at Flex first, then come and tell us how it really is! You spout off quite a bit and have you even began training yet?

 

[walshsfly]

NETJETS stay out not your thread!

 

[Majik]

NETJETS stay out not your thread!

And the Netjet guys wonder why the pilots at Flexjet won't unionize.....If Flex were to unionize, they would no longer be able to do these things.

What do you expect us to do when a FlexJetter invites us in like Googie did? I understand he should be ignored but he made it so tempting...

 

[FoxJet]

Ha Ha!

UND, "Dump the Zero and get with the Hero"...skip the Flex interview and come over to NetJets.