Netjets QOL vs. senior regional CA

[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?

 

[Helmsalee]

I was an intl B767 Capt at a legacy and would still be there if age 60 had happened 9 days sooner. That said, I start indoc at NJ on 4/28 and feel like a kid again. Several friends from the legacy world who now fly frac tell me in a year I will be much happier here than back on the Boeing in that turbulent world. I think they are probably right.

 

[TheCheat]

Thanks everyone

Just Pocono Pilot. :laugh:

That's funny!

Seriously though, thanks to everyone for such a quick response. Yeah, I pretty much knew what the answer was going to be, but sometimes there's just a reluctance to change, you know. I'm going to apply here in the next couple of days. (unfortunately, I'm out on a 2day early morning.)

I'll do my own research on the interview process, but will ask this... Is this a company where it's who you know, or can a guy with my quals get an interview pretty easily all by myself?

 

[fischman]

Anyone can build flight time. Flying airplanes is easy. Interviewing to fly airplanes is easy.

You seriously want to get hired? Learn GREAT customer service. Not good. GREAT.

How are you going to deal with Mrs. XXXX when she is crying because you got the wrong type of popcorn? How do you think you are going to do looking a man in the eye and telling him he isn't going to get to the meeting that is going to cost him a $13,000,000 deal?

Again, giving people bad news is easy. It happens EVERY DAY while flying.

HERE'S THE HARD PART: How do you give them that news and make them feel good about it?

When you figure that out, you've earned yourself the "golden ticket." ("golden tie").

P.S. I have dealt with both examples on the road.

 

[FLYLOW22]

How are you going to deal with Mrs. XXXX when she is crying because you got the wrong type of popcorn?

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When you figure that out, you've earned yourself the "golden ticket." ("golden tie").

P.S. I have dealt with both examples on the road.

That was me dude. Stop hoggin the popcorn at Signature!!!

 

[learflyer]

And how did some of you ex airline guys answer that stuff? I interviewed last week with several years of frac experience and was stumped with some of the questions.

 

[fly4funcrj]

Misdirection. I would pull my shirt up, rub one of my 3 nipples, and smile. The questions became easier.. Seriously, I just thought of all the crap airlines do to people and how I would like to be treated. Seemed to do the trick..

 

[Speedtree]

If you are working the 7/7 schedule and your best friend plans a wedding which falls during your 7 days on, say in 2 months, is there any provision for switching schedules at all to get days off where you were originally scheduled to work?

 

[G200_PILOT]

That's a short question that leads to a long answer.

In short, the answer is YES, you can do a tour swap but there are certain things that have to fall into place.

 

[fischman]

That was me dude. Stop hoggin the popcorn at Signature!!!

NEVER get between a fat man and his food. :cartman:

 

[Helmsalee]

Cheat, do yourself a favor and join aviationinterviews.com. It will be the best $10 you ever spend. And about what does an airline guy say to those questions, I agree with f4f. I told them what I did not like about the airline way of treating people and how much I would like to work somewhere that really busted their ass to make the people happy. Seems to have worked. I start indoc on 4/28.