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Old 21st Sep 2017, 16:54
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Originally Posted by avtur007
On average how many days per month would a part time pilot typically work in the biz jet arena?
I fly a bizjet on a 12 day per month part-time contract. Any other number would have been negotiable as well, down to maybe 5. A lot of my colleagues fly part-time, some beside another job, some because of their family requirements or just because it plain sucks flying every day with minimum rest.

For many years, or rather decades, I flew business planes - not jets at that time, but compared to handling a fully loaded piston twin on vintage avionics in difficult conditions, flying a modern bizjet is children's play - beside another job. No problem at all, no accidents or incidents...

I wouldn't want to fly with a colleague who does less than one mission per week - even experienced pilots tend to get slow after a longish break and are not much help to their other crewmember. But one day flying every week should be fine for someone with your experience and no need to build hours.

Apart from that, every bizjet job is different. There can be no "one answer for every question", especially not a generic question like yours. And, as has been pointed out already, the good (*) jobs are not advertised. Know someone who knows someone and the job will find you.

(*) "good" has a different meaning for everybody in our sector. For some it means a lot of money, for others it means being home every evening.
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