Netjets QOL vs. senior regional CA

[G200_PILOT]

Threads like this still amaze me. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see that good guys with real flight time are looking at NJA as a final leap. It's just the fact of having to even come here and ask...

There are endless amounts of threads/posts that explain why NJA is the best place to work when compared to ANY regional, frac, or lagacy carrier for that matter.

Put your app in and enjoy the fact of knowing you're day's are no longer numbered. (retirement OR furlough)

 

[amaineiac]

CA1900, I think I speak for a lot of guys here when I say thanks for all the informative posts you've added.

Keep them coming, they are great.

 

[glasspilot]

one of the "better regionals"

That's great. Really. Thanks for the laugh.

The worlds greatest, bestest, love to go fly regional is LIGHT YEARS behind the worlds worst fractional.




NOTE TO FUTURE REGIONAL POSTERS:


Your "better regional" is crap.

 

[FLYLOW22]

Stayed in a $595 per night bungalo on the Gulf of Mexico last night about 90 miles from Cuba. Met some wonderful Owners who were happy to be new to the program and kiss Delta goodbye forever. Flew 3 legs and off to the Doubletree courtesy of a town car.

A few more days to go and back to home for a week off.

I'm sure there is probably a good reason to stay at a regional... I just can't think of one. Personally, I think that all 121 companies are in for lots of turbulence ahead. I won't subject my family to that given the option.

This is the type of job that makes a pilot happy that he/she did things right so they can get a good crack at getting hired.

 

[CALRepublic]

Threads like this still amaze me. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see that good guys with real flight time are looking at NJA as a final leap. It's just the fact of having to even come here and ask...

I feel the same the way, but I also understand that for the last 40 years, everyone's (or most) ultimate goal was to get to a major. That was where the search ended. Now all of a sudden Netjets comes into the picture. The whole scenario changed rapidly, it caught many people by surprise.

I know where they're coming from when they ask these questions. I think its a fair question

 

[G200_PILOT]

Trust me, I'm glad he's asking the question as well. My point was simply to say that if, after reading the 100 threads about how great NJA is, he's still looking for MORE advice... something's not clicking...

TheCheat... You're at a point in your career where you're starting to question if you current place of employment is where you want to be in the next year or two. Otherwise you wouldn't be here asking these sorts of questions. Take the leap and come on over. You'll NEVER look back and say "Gosh, I wish I wouldn't have left ____________ for this place."

 

[gunfyter]

I would guess conservatively that 80-90% of the pilots at NJ plan on staying until they retire from flying.

What percentage of pilots flying at the "better" Regionals plan on retiring from those companies?

 

[CA1900]

Just Pocono Pilot. :laugh:

 

[VVJM265]

To the original poster: I came here straight form the Navy after I retired and don't plan on going anywhere else until I retire from flying and make that final entry in my logbook with a NxxxQS as the aircraft. I've heard too many stories form guys on the 121 side of the fence to know I made the right decision.

CA1900's posts are great and he is right on the spot. (I wish that I could type as fast as he does sometimes.) Please read his parts about all the extras involved with the job here. (See also my post here:
http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?p=1451992#post1451992). If you are OK with that, then get your app in a.s.a.p.!

Best of luck to you,
265

Oh...another great thing about NJA - week before last when I was on the road sitting hot spare at LAX, my wife found out she had to have surgery on Mar 27th. Called benefits - took this week to help her out. Week off with pay (from sick days) under FMLA, and NO QUESTIONS or GRIEF other than the resquiste paperwork. Still can't get my brain around that. CP would rather have us take care of the home front than be distracted in the airplane. What was it he said at recurrent? "We are all career employees and we are all going to retire from here."

 

[ozpilot]

Sometimes its the little things ...

Last December I was halfway through a tour when my wifes grandmother passed away. Even though it was a woman I hardly knew, it obviously was a big deal for my wife. I notified the company that I needed to get home. They asked "Do you need to get home now, or can you complete the revenue leg we have you scheduled for?"

At that point, I could have just gone home but since I had ample duty after the leg to airline home I chose to complete the revenue leg.

When I blocked in there was an Ultra sitting next to my aircraft on the ramp. The company had sent them there to get me home. It was a three hour ferry and I was home by 3 in the afternoon.

Some companies understand that loyalty is a two way street. Would your regional do that for you?