Originally Posted by
Joe le Taxi
In my experience, pilots who have only known airline ops, cope relatively poorly with the flexibility, common sense and personal VVIP client service required of biz jets; and the ones who rubbed everyone up the wrong way with an "attitude" have all been Flag carrier retirees - in a couple of cases, unmitigated nightmares! Most operators are aware of this history, so that's probably a factor. A colleague got to interview with similar experience, but also had a lot of bizjet experience, plus a licence issued by a country which NJ needs.
Hmm, there's no general rule. Netjets is looking for the best of both worlds: SOP-discipline and CRM-skills that are far better in airlines than in GA, flexibility and an open mind that are more developed in GA. From the days that I got hired, I remember this German gentleman who showed up for his interview and SIM-ride in bluejeans and a leather pilot jacket. Oh well...