Originally Posted by
EatMyShorts!
When I joined before 2006, the starting salary depended on the fleet and could be as low as 42 000 EUR (approx). And even with the higher and unified starting salaries after 2007, there was no automatic jump after 2 years. We have that now, one will get a significantly higher wage in year 3: 66 300 EUR. Including the average block hour bonus and maybe a few extra days you can easily make 80k gross. Without per diems.
And what has happened to GA? In Netjets you will NEVER pay for a type rating. Elsewhere you will. Therefore you can see the "low" starting salary as a way to pay off the training cost.
What makes you say that in Business Aviation you pay for your own type rating? Most serious, and thereīs more than NJE that fits that description, donīt make you pay for your type rating - the company will likely make you sign a training bond, but thatīs it. Even VistaJet doesnīt make you pay for your type rating. Of course there are the bottom feeder companies that everybody will escape at first opportunity. The starting salary in NJE is low, the 2nd year jump to higher salary is still not impressive, and thatīs just the way it is. But, as itīs been said, there plenty of other good reasons to go for NJE as an employer, salary is not one of them.