PseudoName
As the Turbine Turns.....
- Joined
- Sep 18, 2004
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I know this may sound like flame bait, but here is some food for thought for the NetJet pilots who think the proposed pay under the TA us unfair. Compare your pay, work rules, duty hours, quality of aircraft, quality of operations support, etc. to some of the large charter and corporate operators in the business aviation sector. If you make that comparison, a job under the proposed NetJets TA might not seem unreasonable.
I have several friends who have 5+ years with NetJets, therefore, I am very familar with your current contract as well as the proposed TA. After hearing about this "unfair" TA, I decided to sit down and compare my job with a job at NetJets.
I consider myself to have one of the better corporate aviation jobs in the Part 135 sector. This company provides me with a salary above the NBAA average, scheduled days off, full medical, retirement and an exceptional fleet of aircraft. After comparing my duty hours, days spent on-call, yearly hours flown, etc. I calculated that I make $120.00 per day less than a 5 year NetJet Captain under the proposed TA. I'm thinking to myself that this can't be true, however, after talking with my NetJet friends....yep it's true.
The grass isn't always greener on the other side boys! Your schedule provides for 14 hard days off per month, you stay in the nicer hotels, ride on the better airlines, have your flight releases and weight and balance faxed to you.....which is not provided by most of your more well known charter operators.
Just a thought.......
Ok, go ahead.......tell me how I am wrong!
I have several friends who have 5+ years with NetJets, therefore, I am very familar with your current contract as well as the proposed TA. After hearing about this "unfair" TA, I decided to sit down and compare my job with a job at NetJets.
I consider myself to have one of the better corporate aviation jobs in the Part 135 sector. This company provides me with a salary above the NBAA average, scheduled days off, full medical, retirement and an exceptional fleet of aircraft. After comparing my duty hours, days spent on-call, yearly hours flown, etc. I calculated that I make $120.00 per day less than a 5 year NetJet Captain under the proposed TA. I'm thinking to myself that this can't be true, however, after talking with my NetJet friends....yep it's true.
The grass isn't always greener on the other side boys! Your schedule provides for 14 hard days off per month, you stay in the nicer hotels, ride on the better airlines, have your flight releases and weight and balance faxed to you.....which is not provided by most of your more well known charter operators.
Just a thought.......
Ok, go ahead.......tell me how I am wrong!