Actually I've only received 6 CVs so far. That having been said, it is my goal to keep our pilots contented, happy and well rested for the next twenty years or so. I don't ever want to go pilot hunting again.
We fly our G550 about 500 hours per year. About equally spread between foreign and domestic travel. Last year our crew was away from home 66 nights. The airplane is purely family transportation and is not used for any business purpose, so I like to think that we place less pressure upon the crew to meet a particular schedule. To put it another way, I would much rather be safe than on time.
We pay above the top reported BCAA pay scale for a G550, and have what we believe to be an excellent benefit package (health insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability insurance, loss-of-license insurance and so forth.
What I do not know about aviation is a vast, uncharted territory. What I do know is that I was extremely fortunate to find these two guys.
Anyhow, I'm straying far afield from my original purpose. When I was a businessman (before retirement) I travelled fairly often in chartered aircraft, and in other company's business jets. I was generally NOT impressed with the crews I met. So when I sought to buy the 550 I was quite uncertain about how we'd handle the recruitment process. There are dramatic, perceptible and important differences between military trained aviators and civilian trained. Were I to hire again, military pilots would be the first considered.
I found our Captain purely by chance, vetted him, hired him and allowed him to choose his own First Officer.
It's a strange world sometimes.
Marcus