NJ questons

[flyswits.com]

I was just curious about the family health care benefits at NJ? Are they good, what is the cost ect...? Are the mins at NJ competitive? I have PIC corporate jet time and was wondering how long it would take to get an interview if I just met the mins. Also how important is an internal rec? Any info would be great thanks in advance!

 

[jtf]

Family is included for free for medical, vision, and dental ($20 copays). Interviews are taking a long time to get since there are many thousand resumes and applications on file (probably at least 6 months). An internal rec is probably vital now with the amount of applicants already in and the average newhire has at least 5000 hours, though pilots are hired at mins with good internal recs. Good luck.

 

[Hawker dude]

I was just curious about the family health care benefits at NJ? Are they good, what is the cost ect...? Are the mins at NJ competitive? I have PIC corporate jet time and was wondering how long it would take to get an interview if I just met the mins. Also how important is an internal rec? Any info would be great thanks in advance!

The health care is probably the best in the industry. No premium, 20$ copay. copay on prescriptions. that's it, nothing comes out of the paycheck.

vision and dental included. copays on those too, otherwise all free.

on interviews; all I heard was a new point system. whatever that means?

good luck

 

[flyswits.com]

Thanks for the info! It is my understanding that as long as you are close to a base you can live anywhere with NJ. Is that assumption correct?

 

[Guitar Guy]

Thanks for the info! It is my understanding that as long as you are close to a base you can live anywhere with NJ. Is that assumption correct?

You can live anywhere you want without regard to distance between your home and your Crew Base. The only requirement is that you be at your Crew Base at the assigned time on the first day of your tour. Because the company issues each pilot a blackberry, you'll know the time that you need to report on your first day by 6 PM (local) of the prior evening.

 

[IdRtherBsailing]

Just curious, what type of blackberry?

 

[CA1900]

Just curious, what type of blackberry?

You're a gadget freak like me.

It's a Blackberry 8700c.

 

[IdRtherBsailing]

You're a gadget freak like me.

It's a Blackberry 8700c.

Yeah, I am..Do they include phone service too?

 

[CA1900]

Yeah, I am..Do they include phone service too?

Yep -- it's our main communication device while we're at work. We get our briefings, flight releases, etc., over the data side of things. And we can use it to make phone calls to the company, the FBOs (dialing directly from the info on the briefing, which is handy), and even back home. While on the road, we're permitted to make occasional personal calls with the phone. (We don't get a separate bill or anything for phone service; it's all a big bulk plan with the company.)

About the only major feature that's not enabled is tethering it to a laptop to use the data service that way.

The 8700c is on AT&T's EDGE network; not their fastest, but not too bad for what we do. (Certainly much better than its predecessor, a 7200-series unit that used only the GPRS network.)

 

[gutshotdraw]

Yeah, I am..Do they include phone service too?

Unlimited domestic phone and data but they ask you to keep international personal phone use to a 3 minute "safe arrival" phone call.