Week at Netjets

[Pervis]

How is aircraft type determined for new hires? What is common? THanks

Your experience will help determine position, but bottom line-it all depends how many flight safety slots are open around your indoc with company in any given fleet. That said, even when hired in jet A, you could be offered a slot in jet B while in indoc. I believe there will be a variety of jets offered, as many are scrambling to upgrade in any fleet due to loss of bypass pay. Upgrade will be a totally different story though. With the standing bid, upgrades for Cat 2, 3, 4 and 5 will go progressively senior overall.

 

[HiSpeedFlyer]

How is aircraft type determined for new hires? What is common? THanks

I came to Netjets im march after 8 or so years on the commuter level... the equipment they need to fill that week determines what you get offered...I got the Hawker 800XP while next class had a guy with toms of 121 heavy metal in an ultra. Its that simple of a concept.

As for my quality of life, its like this..... There are weeks you work your tail off, and weeks you relax, THe crews are fantastic( at least in the Hawker) you rarely ever buy a meal, the perdiem is additional income, I have become a hotel snob since I came there( ugh a Holiday inn express? How Mundane!) and I have accured just about enough points and miles already for a nice week vacation somewhere warm and sandy for myself and my family.

A buddy and myself figured out on an average year with holiday pay, a few extended days, the fact that medical is paid for, and include the 401K match, as well as tips, add about $15 to 20,000 more to that base salary amount.
Thats a fair number for working only 24 weeks a year to start, if you dont add the 3 weeks of play with your friends for our recurrents, sims etc. then figure that for 21 weeks of working.

 

[wanttofly]

Most new hires have been going into the Ultra. However with the new contract the senior fo's in the bigger planes are upgrading, so they are going to have to be replaced. The last XL bid that came out, all but two of the awards were fo's in the 2000.

 

[psysicx]

Is 7 days away from the family hard? And how many G-200 do you guys have? You don't hear much about it.

 

[208starcheck]

What Pervis and Hispeedflyer said above is dead on. There are some general rules for aircraft assignment but it completely depends on what is available. I have meet a couple retired airline guys in the ultra. I know a freight dog in the Falcon 2000.

I have heard we want to hire 700-750 in 2006 with 118 aircraft deliveries. Anyone else heard this?


7 on sucks, but 7 off rocks. I see it as only one more day on and 3-4 more days off.

 

[psysicx]

Are people getting assigned to the Sovereign? And what kind of notice do you get when your on reserve? Do they tell you the night before your suppose to show up and how long your going to be gone?

 

[acaTerry]

Currently an FO on the 400XP, and still like it better than the regionals, and this coming from a pretty senior CA at ACA in its good days....

 

[Pervis]

Are people getting assigned to the Sovereign? And what kind of notice do you get when your on reserve? Do they tell you the night before your suppose to show up and how long your going to be gone?

I would imagine all FO's on the Sovereign are new guys, as no one would bid an FO slot unless it were a Cat 4 or 5 a/c. You get notice for show the night before a duty day. Only difference with the 7/7 is that the only sure days off are 4 hard days you can bid for each month or days beyond 18 duty days in a month. They are pretty good at telling me what days I can expect to work for the whole month though.

 

[Peter_Griffin]

A buddy and myself figured out on an average year with holiday pay, a few extended days, the fact that medical is paid for, and include the 401K match, as well as tips, add about $15 to 20,000 more to that base salary amount.

How often do ya'll get tipped at NJA? Techincally at Flex we are not allowed to accept them but they are never offered anyway so it's not much of an issue. Just curious how much it happens and in what type of circumstances...

 

[Diesel]

i wouldn't count on any tips. Maybe once and a while during the holidays but i see the line guys getting most of the tips.

I get probably a hundred here and there.

 

[Diesel]

I think it's DAL as a gateway.

To be honest nobody knows what the company is going to do about assigning bases.

From what i know the only requirements are to be at duty when you're briefed.

 

[Swaayze]

Guitar guy,

Thanks. Actually it's starting to look (seriously) like 3 yrs to get off FO reserve in the jets at Eagle. I'm not wild about leaving my family for 7 days at a time; but then I seem to end up on 5 and 6 day trips on reserve every time lately, so the fracs are looking better.

 

[RJDC]

What's the QOL?

 

[kman]

Thanks guys for all the comments.

 

[Going2Golf]

Guitar guy,

Thanks. Actually it's starting to look (seriously) like 3 yrs to get off FO reserve in the jets at Eagle. I'm not wild about leaving my family for 7 days at a time; but then I seem to end up on 5 and 6 day trips on reserve every time lately, so the fracs are looking better.

Having done the regional thing several times, I would have to say that this is better.
At some regionals, you are on reserve for 5 or 6 days as Swaayze said, have an early show on day 1 and miss your commute back home on day 5 or 6 so in reality you are gone from home 6,7 or 8 days/partial days and then only home for 2 or 3 days and back again.
At least this way you know that if you are gone for 7 days, you can't be extended on the 7/7 and you will be OFF for the next 7 days and the time is yours.

Ex Eagle and a few others...