Why worry about NetJets.
Just go to a regional! Hey look on this very message board at the ALL ATPS add. They can get you hired as a FO with less than 500TT!!! Isn't that great!!??!! 500 hour FO's.
It's true. I spoke with a Go Jet F/O today in one of America's finest terminals. 512TT as a newhire.
Of course, Uncle Hulas had to lower the mins a bit in order to find pilot candidates willing to work for an alter ego, then non-Union company to rans States.
After all that hard work in training and on the other side of the "school house" I asked him what he thought now...
He said, "I have a wife and a child, this job pays squat."
Then we talked about Pilot Unity for about an hour over Starbuck's... I bought. He soaked it all up...
New pilots aren't learning about the things that are most important to us and the profession. No one is teaching them about towing the line, helping the other guy and looking out for one another.
Every day we are seeing the all time worst day for an aviation career as a professional. Every day since deregulation has led to this day, and tomorrow, and the next...
This profession will not get better until we pick it up by the horns and kick it in the ass. Right now, most parts resemble a pig and not a bull.
NJA pilots seemed to have found what chords to play on our instrument.
I have never felt more unified and a part of any other pilot group.
ALPA? IBT Airline Division? APA (for sure)?
The common thread is the one that binds.
And I digress... CFI to NJA? I'm not saying it's impossible, but improbable. ExecJet was a different time, place and world flying SII's around like corporate pilots. NJA is a very demanding animal and flying jets is probably 1/4 of the work to be done (if you're doing it right).
This business is built on providing our owners solid flying skills in jets, superior customer service (usually trying to fix problems caused by CMH) and attention to detail and communication (spoken and unspoken).
One of the most important things to bring to the interview table is good judgement. An "old" pilot asked a "young" pilot once how he gained so much good judgement. The old pilot responded, "Experience". The young pilot asked the old pilot how he got so much experience to which the old pilot said, "Bad judgement!!"
Our owners pay for experience and they are getting pretty good experience up in the front. Even Chuck Yeager would have a transition period getting used to fractional operations. It takes a while to get your "routine" down from how to pack your bags adequately for a 7 day trip to when to leave the hotel to insure an ontime departure... even if Mr. Big shows 30 minutes early (if possible considering safety).
My advice... do what you want. You will, however, do better in any interview being able to cite examples of issues that have arisen while flying a jet in a crew environment.
Good luck. Oh yeah... when the company says you have to report to a Domicle and there is no good way to commute, tell them thats stupid. Well... scratch that. Saying that might gain you a notch of experience!!
It would feel good though.
