NJA 250 Hr Instrument Requirement

[DO-82 driver]

Diesil....I'd agree with what you said with one exception.....Build QUALITY time before applying.

As much as this may pain me to say....Wolf and I (and yourself) have similar flight experience as far as flying single pilot in the NorthEast.

I also flew over 5000 hours for a commuter without a flight director, autopilot and Loran and GPS and the furtherst south I went was ACY. Quebec in the winter is no fun....make PQI look like PBI.

2500 hours total time where most was spent flight instructing and then a bit in the right seat of an RJ isn't the same as 2500 single pilot in a King Air, Baron or 400 series Cessna.

I've spent the past 3 tours dealing with these ISSUES.

 

[Diesel]

Yes quality flying is important. Many pilots are suprised at how much we work, how many times things change, and how you really are alone thinking on your feet out there. That is what I love and why I keep working here.

Amazingly the guys who do the best at NJ are freight pilots, charter pilots, and a crappy regional company. They are all used to change, thinking on their feet, and knowing just how to think outside of the box.

At least in the X we have an apu. In the 400xp and Ultra/encore you are truely out there on your own. It's a great experience.

 

[414Flyer]

I would enjoy getting on with NJA later this year, I wanted to last year but didnt have that 250 IFR. I just had not logged as much of it as I probably could at times.

Now I am flying a PIC on a 2 crew turboprop, and I should have that 250 IFR quite soon

 

[V1 Rotate]

I have plenty of time and various experiences, just so you all know. What did it hurt for me to send them a resume and see what would happen? Why did they send me an application when they could read that I did not have the 250 hrs instrument time? I'll have the 250 real soon and will try again. Just so you wise guys know, I'm not some 4,500 hr guy that's been out bouncing around in seminoles and so forth.

 

[tk855]

Diesil....I'd agree with what you said with one exception.....Build QUALITY time before applying.

I've spent the past 3 tours dealing with these ISSUES.

You must be getting stuck flying with all the retired Delta guys!

 

[OldPilot]

This is really getting interesting.............

 

[DO-82 driver]

Hardly.....I find myself learning something new everytime I fly with one of our more "seasoned" pilots.... Wish we had more of them in the XL fleet.

 

[wolfpackpilot]

Build QUALITY time before applying.

You couldnt be more correct. You could have 600 hours of "hood time" in a 172; it wont help you a bit when it comes to doing 320kts to 136kts in Class B getting in line for the VOR circle in TEB, and you dont break out until your 100 feet from MDA.

My advice to a low time pilot looking for a career at NetJets:

• Get a right seat gig in a Lear
• Go fly Freight
• Go fly an RJ for 2 years
• Go into the military

Did I just have a civil conversation with DO-82?

Now back to your regularly scheduled bashing...

 

[Hawker dude]

You couldnt be more correct. You could have 600 hours of "hood time" in a 172; it wont help you a bit when it comes to doing 320kts to 136kts in Class B getting in line for the VOR circle in TEB, and you dont break out until your 100 feet from MDA.

My advice to a low time pilot looking for a career at NetJets:

• Get a right seat gig in a Lear
• Go fly Freight
• Go fly an RJ for 2 years
• Go into the military

Did I just have a civil conversation with DO-82?

Now back to your regularly scheduled bashing...

You have a hard time in TEB?

Why, because you're a *************************? I mean you fly a GV. I thought you guys knew everything.

 

[wolfpackpilot]

You have a hard time in TEB?

Why, because you're a *************************? I mean you fly a GV. I thought you guys knew everything.

Uh, where did this come from? I was simply trying to explain flying Netjets aircraft can be "instrument" demanding under certain circumstances.

But since you asked... Why yes I do fly a GV, but I started in a C152