The corporate aviation company I chose to discuss is one that is even though really big, it is a dream job that I would love to have one day and that is NetJets. NetJets is a fractional aircraft ownership that was introduced to the NBAA (National Business Aviation Association) in 1986. NetJets is open to anybody that is willing to pay the money necessary.
According to NetJets Fleet they offer the "largest, most diversified private aircraft fleet in the world." They offer jets in 3 different categories, the light cabin which consist of six different aircraft, midsize cabin and large cabin. All together NetJets offer 14 different types of aircraft from Cessna Citations to Hawkers to Gulfstream. With a fleet size of over 340 airplanes. The largest aircraft they offer is the Gulfstream 550.
The thing that I like the most about NetJets is they don't have a specific route they fly. They will fly all over the world as long you purchase it. The benefit of purchasing a fractional ownership from NetJets is one you get to fly on your own private aircraft but it also will save time compared to a regular commercial carrier. An example of this is a route from Miami to Chicago on a airliner takes approximately 7.5 hours (which takes into account driving to the airport, security, waiting etc.) compared to 3.1 hours if you fly on a NetJets aircraft.
In order to even apply for a pilot position at NetJets they require a minimum of 2500 hours total time, 500 hours multi and 250 hours instrument time according to NetJets Qualifications. Each aircraft requires different qualifications. NetJets pilots salary range from a wide range. For a first officer salary ranges from $56,875-107,768 and captain salary ranges from $87,500-187,260. Salary for NetJets is just like the airlines ranging from type of aircraft and years of service. NetJets is a dream job for most pilots due to the freedom of going to different places, meeting some interesting people, and having a very nice corporate aviation fleet.
So is this a dream job for you then? In my experience with the Netjets Pilots I have met the company really seems to pride themselves for being the pilot place to wanna be. Sadly the company has suffered a bit from the economic downfall having to furlough almost 500 pilots leaving them with about 2500 pilots states side. Lets hope they start hiring again on the upslope to land us some jobs.
ReplyDeleteThe thing that I like about NetJets is that they're not beholden to one company. They're ad hoc which means that even if the economy does slow down, they should stay in business,unless heaven forbid a complete meltdown of our economy in which case virtually every pilot would be unemployed.
DeleteAlso, I feel that they should start hiring again here in the next few years. Not trying to get political, but in the past few years, business aviation was demonized by some political figures. That trend has fortunately ceased and it does appear that business aviation will pick up again.
I went to NetJet’s website because I wanted to know, if they offered any thing on my sector of management and they have they have a minimum available at this time. I seen a couple peek through, but overall it’s overview took me as a good company to join, so good luck.
ReplyDeleteThe hiring minimums are a bit intimidating at this point, but with a few years experience it would be a great jump to make! You definitely couldn't be hurting too badly with the F.O. starting salary.
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