Originally Posted by
7boeing7
Yes I fully understand what both of you are saying and thank you for being understanding and not behind absolute knob heads as some people on this forum tend to be.
I fully agree with what TheAirMission was saying about commuting back home every day after 4 sector, it is very tiring specially when you are on minimum rest and peak summer schedule, horses for courses.
When I joined the industry and spoke with a few captains from my past employer I couldn't understand why this guys choose to stay there for 20+ years when they could have joined other legacy or premium companies and have much better careers further down the line, but the answer is pretty simple, Family.
And Catans, thank you for being realistic about the job, better to be prepared and knowing 100% what I might get myself into rather then going forward with a completely wrong idea of what the life at netjets is.
I still have to think about it whether it's worth or not long term for both me and my partner, let's see what happens in the future.
Thanks to both of you for the answers and reassurance.
Having worked for two low-cost carriers in Europe with friends in legacy, I would say working for NetJets is like working for an airline, it's the only biz jet company I would work for most likely. The level of infrastructure there is to the company, with levels of support in the operation, things are generally quite easy on tour day to day.
One thing that separates us from the legacy airline and "having much better careers further down the line" like you say, is that NetJets the rosters and leave is all done on a fair basis. Your seniority in the company doesn't dictate what trips you do (that would be almost impossible in reality) and your seniority doesn't dictate what leave you get.
All NetJets fleets have crew based across Europe, and leave is done per fleet. From a family point of view, you are not fighting with other crew to get the same one or two weeks off during school holidays, because everyone in Europe has different school half terms. From my end, I've never not had the leave I want, but as I have said, I don't have kids. Maybe one of the seniors here can vouch for that from their experience.
Seniority affects fleeting and command etc, things you would expect to be.