Regional vs. Netjets

[acaTerry]

I Plan To Stay Until I Loose My Medical Or Die, Whichever Comes First (obviously).

You mean LOSE your medical? Anyway, welcome aboard, this is a great place.

 

[captain dad]

Piky! piky!

 

[wolfpackpilot]

Riddle me this young Jedi:

Pretend your in Hawaii for Christmas, on the big island in Kona. Your staying at a 5 Star resort, you have a company paid Jeep to drive around in, you hike the volcano park, snorkel in the bay, and eat sushi everynight.

Is this possible on an RJ?

 

[acaTerry]

Riddle me this young Jedi:

Pretend your in Hawaii for Christmas, on the big island in Kona. Your staying at a 5 Star resort, you have a company paid Jeep to drive around in, you hike the volcano park, snorkel in the bay, and eat sushi everynight.

Is this possible on an RJ?

News Years Eve at the FBO...I have nothing better to do than be spelling police. It's "you're" in Hawaii, not "your" in Hawaii.
I don't get to Hawaii in the 400. But I did get to spend a day in Imperial, California!
Grab me some sugarcane next time "you're" in Hawaii will ya? I love that stuff.

 

[gunfyter]

News Years Eve at the FBO...I have nothing better to do than be spelling police. It's "you're" in Hawaii, not "your" in Hawaii.
I don't get to Hawaii in the 400. But I did get to spend a day in Imperial, California!
Grab me some sugarcane next time "you're" in Hawaii will ya? I love that stuff.

Chretin's Mexican Food
Dude. Get a crew car and get over to Chretins's in Yuma!

 

[hydrarkt]

Well, here's my .02. I just took a look at Republic's airline's pay scale. I wouldn't hesitate in a second to move to NJA. I've been here almost 7 years. I'm a CPT in the XL and will easily clear $100,000 this year, not including our bonus. With per diem and extras, I figure about $120,000. AND that doesn't include the 401k match of tax free $7500 per year AND free medical, dental, vision AND 3 weeks of vacation which is really 9 weeks. I like the 7 and 7. Doing FA duties is a non issue really. The FO usually takes care of the cabin cleaning (he can pay a lineman to do it and get reimbursed, or do it himself), and the CPT normally takes care of the exterior stuff like getting fuel, ordering a lav service, getting weather, greeting pax. Both will normally load and unload bags. But there is usually a lineman to help.. a little. You get used to doing that stuff and get fast at it.
My original plan was to be at a major airline 5 years after I left the Army. But things have changed.. I'm staying put at NJA. Could things be better here.. yes.. there are some issues to be looked at now and during the next bargaining sessions. But I think it's a no brainer.

 

[Guitar Guy]

Hvaing made the move from a regional captain to NJA, I think NJA is a far better place to be. Besides the better pay, benefits and schedule, I find the flying a lot more interesting and I prefer the more personal interaction with the people in the back, especially after you fly the same people a few times.

 

[Morettis]

Chretin's Mexican Food
Dude. Get a crew car and get over to Chretins's in Yuma!

Last time I'd eaten at Chretin's they had gone downhill. I think they had new owners or somethin like that. Chili Pepper's is the place to get some good grub there!

 

[flygirl556]

You should re post your question on the regional board to get some different opinions. If they sound similair to those on the frac board than you have a clear answer.

 

[Chewbacca]

these regionals to frac threads make me sick! Netjets and CS ( I know FLOPS eats b a l l z, dont have any info to say on FLEX ) are far better choice than any regional out there.

 

[Chewbacca]

You mean LOSE your medical? Anyway, welcome aboard, this is a great place.

I think you meant to say this place sucks, becauase everyone bitches like a small child with ADD?

 

[gunfyter]

Regionals?

WTFO?

Let me tell you about the guys we have refusing recall to majors to stay at the fracs!

 

[Diesel]

Simple:

Look at the regional/majors board. Everybody is whoring themselves out for whatever major will let them do their flying. Comair wants this, mesa wants that, asa underbid this. 600 TT do i have a chance? threads.

The majors are trying to figure out who's going to furlough/recall/or post a profit. All through 9/11 i never once worried about my job. Not even for a second. How do you like that stability?

Fractionals? All you see is who has the better QOL and union stuff. No worries about x stealing y's flying. Pretty simple stuff.

I don't have any analogy that would fit. Other than compare diamonds to cubic zarconias. They are both pretty but only one is worth anything.

 

[gunfyter]

How many people leave the Fracs to go to a Regional?

Its almost unheard of! There have been a handful but they left not to start at the bottom... got management or IP positions. And that was before the recent pay raises the fracs got.

 

[Abbey]

I almost made as much my first year at NJA as I did in year 6 at Mesaba as a CA. If one factors in the improved quality of life, med benies, 401k, etc......you'd be a fool to be at a regional.

A junior (5yr) CA at NJA will make more than a maxed out CA at Eagle, Skywest, ExpressJet, and on and on and on.

 

[glasspilot]

Guys, one of the main reasons that the regional life sux so bad is that there THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of frosty haired, iPod wearin, backpack tote'n Daddy dreams dying to do it "just to build some time". Having all that supply of pilots put a downward pressure on pay an quality of life for the regional pilots.

My point is I'm not sure we want to be advertising how great it is here. Let 'em stay and fly for free over there.

 

[skiandsurf]

My point is I'm not sure we want to be advertising how great it is here. Let 'em stay and fly for free over there.

And the Regionals hire student pilots (300TT) whereas the fractionals have higher standards (2500TT).

 

[gunfyter]

My point is I'm not sure we want to be advertising how great it is here. Let 'em stay and fly for free over there.

I agree with that. Thats why we are Strong Unionizing the Fracs.