Job opportunity!

[Mooneymite]

After having 500 pilots furloughed since the "great recession", NetJets is hiring off the street.

 

The pilots are in contract negotiations where management wants 17% give backs over the next 4 years, so some of these conditions may be fleeting.  In any case, it's nice to see hiring instead of furloughs.

 

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NETJETS AVIATION NOW HIRING NEW PILOTS

December 11, 2014Author: Carrie King

NetJets Aviation (NJA) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for pilots.

To learn more about the opportunity, please see: www.netjets.com/Careers/Pilots/  or go directly to the pilot job posting.

“We are thrilled to begin hiring pilots again,” said Eric Lampert, vice president and director of operations for NetJets Aviation.  “Unfortunately we had to furlough several hundred pilots in 2010 as economic conditions deteriorated. We have sent recall notices to all furloughed pilots and will soon be in position to begin hiring again. NJA has recalled 179 furloughed pilots this year.”

“This is wonderful news, and demonstrates how the Company is growing thanks to the hard work of all team members.”

Please share the following information with anyone you know who is qualified and may be interested:

Pilots joining NetJets Aviation will be able to:

Become part of the industry leading safety culture

• NetJets has an uncompromising commitment to safety. From our comprehensive recurrent training program to our dual-release dispatch system which gives NetJets pilots the authority to remove aircraft or themselves from service due to safety or health concerns, safety is the foundation for everything.

Fly the best equipment and receive the best operational support

• Fly the newest aircraft with the latest avionics.
• Every pilot is FAA type-rated as captain and flies only one type of aircraft with universally outfitted flight decks, to be completely familiar with the aircraft they are flying.
• Pilots are supported by an expert operations infrastructure that takes care of everything from flight plans to catering to ground transportation.

Receive top pay and a comprehensive benefits package:

• Competitive salary
• Complete medical benefits effective upon date of hire
• 401K plan with generous matching
• Life and AD&D benefits
• Paid time off
• Annual vacation time:
  • 1 to 4 years of completed service = 2 weeks
  • 5 to 9 years of completed service = 3 weeks
  • 10 + years of completed service = 4 weeks
• Uniforms and generous annual replacement credits
• Generous meal allowance
• Travel and hotel expenses

Enjoy job flexibility and variety

• NetJets pilots have the ultimate in job flexibility.
• Can live just about anywhere, choosing from among 100 crew bases in the U.S.
• Can choose from three types of work schedules:
  • 7 Days On  / 7 Days Off
  • 18 Day Fixed
  • 15 Day Flex
• No two days are the same. NetJets pilots may fly virtually anywhere based on where our customers want to travel.

NetJets is looking not just for the most experienced and accomplished aviators but also for service-minded individuals who have the ability to embody the interests of NetJets customers, their fellow team members, and NetJets. Specifically, we seek individuals who:

• Demonstrate an unwavering dedication to safety
• Focus on exceeding the expectations of each Owner and their guests as the norm
• Act as an ambassador for NetJets
• Are open and flexible to ever-changing flight schedules
• Empower and respect fellow team members
• Strive for continuous improvement

 

[NotarPilot]

Let me start out by saying I'm not at all qualified for a FW job but I am curious what the starting pay is.

[Mooneymite]

Let me start out by saying I'm not at all qualified for a FW job but I am curious what the starting pay is.

Professional pilots pay their employers these days, but they get to wear cool uniforms. :-)

[rbridges]

Put in a good word for me Gus!

[aviatoreb]

Professional pilots pay their employers these days, but they get to wear cool uniforms. :-)

 

Ok - but, how much do the pilots pay for the cool uniforms they are allowed to buy?

[Hank]

Put in a good word for me Gus!

Me. Too, Gus. I can finish up my commercial as fast as I can practice the maneuvers and cram for the written.

[Mooneymite]

Hank and Rob, I suspect that Mooney time in your logbook will make you a shoe-in. Automatically fulfills the "good character" requirement.

:-)

[Mooneymite]

Ok - but, how much do the pilots pay for the cool uniforms they are allowed to buy?

Unofficial, but generally accurate info at:

http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/airlines/fractional/netjets

[Jerry 5TJ]

Me. Too, Gus. I can finish up my commercial as fast as I can practice the maneuvers and cram for the written.

Net Jets requires an ATP of its applicants.

[Mooneymite]

Net Jets requires an ATP of its applicants.

 

Yes.  Because of the huge back-log of qualified pilot applicants, NetJets can set the bar fairly high.  However, "back in the day" when they were competing with the airlines for fewer pilots, they weren't so choosey!  With Delta (and other majors) hiring 100+/month forcast for years to come, NetJets and the other fractionals will either have to offer more money, or lower the bar.  This always goes in cycles.

 

Because fractionals do not (usually) operate under part 121, there is no age limit.  That's why old, retired guys like me can keep flying past 65.  All we have to do is hold a 1st class physical and pass the sim checks every six months (and refrain from wetting our pants too often!).

 

From the web-site:

 

High School Diploma required, Bachelor's Degree preferred.

Types of Certifications/Licenses: Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, (Airplane Multi-Engine Land); Valid First Class Medical certificate.

Qualifications:

• 2500 hours total flying experience with at least 500 hours at the controls of a fixed wing, multi-engine aircraft
• 250 hours of instrument time (actual or simulated in flight excluding simulator time).

[carusoam]

Another sign of an improving economy?

Or more an effect of declining fuel price?

Good news either way..!

Best regards,

-a-

[flyboy0681]

Unofficial, but generally accurate info at:

http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/airlines/fractional/netjets

 

Pay isn't nearly as bad as I would have thought.

 

I still think it's a tough job due to not knowing your schedule, having to sit around a lot and not being able to walk into a bar because you never know when you'll be leaving.

[RobertGary1]

Net Jets requires an ATP of its applicants.

 

Probably not for long. With the cost of a Multiengine ATP rating now suddenly over $15K since June few new right seaters will get it on their own. I think we'll see that ME ATP's are almost exclusively going to be employer sponsored.

 

-Robert

[RobertGary1]

Pay isn't nearly as bad as I would have thought.

 

I still think it's a tough job due to not knowing your schedule, having to sit around a lot and not being able to walk into a bar because you never know when you'll be leaving.

 

Sounds like you are too old for the job.

 

-Robert

[RobertGary1]

I friend of mine got furloughed by the majors a couple years ago. He went overseas where he saw a massive demand for US pilots to legitimize and set standards for their national airlines. When he got called back by the majors he declined. Last I heard he's flying 747's around Africa and South America.

Sadly, he said that a lot of the young kids being hired over there are not aviation enthusiasts like we have here. Rather their family sent them to pilot school because they thought it was a good career.

[flyboy0681]

Sounds like you are too old for the job.

 

-Robert

 

I am. 

 

But I give a tremendous amount of credit to Dick Karl, who opted for that lifestyle at age 69, after spending half his life as a heart surgeon.

[Jimhamilton]

Delta is hiring 100 pilots every month. Go for the gold.

[rbridges]

Pay isn't nearly as bad as I would have thought.

 

I still think it's a tough job due to not knowing your schedule, having to sit around a lot and not being able to walk into a bar because you never know when you'll be leaving.

 

I agree.  Gus had to miss the last 2 mooney summits.

[Hank]

I agree.  Gus had to miss the last 2 mooney summits.

I did too, and not because I was getting paid to fly . . . Just regular work

[aviatoreb]

Another sign of an improving economy?

Or more an effect of declining fuel price?

Good news either way..!

Best regards,

-a-

 

Does the chicken lay an egg? Or does an egg make a chicken?

 

Lower fuel prices spur the economy - and a spurred economy makes more demand.  And those newly hired pilots will go out and buy stuff.