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I wouldn't worry, I missed their call initially back in march and just responded to the voicemail they left for me. Good luck when it comes!
Has anyone heard any further details about the face to face interviews in November? Have they introduced a sim check now too?
Thanks,
VG
Has anyone heard any further details about the face to face interviews in November? Have they introduced a sim check now too?
Thanks,
VG
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Had a look at JB's homepage and it says that the deadline for the Nov selection process has passed, the next taking place in March. I was surprised I did not receive a phone call (although I got that e-mail several weeks ago) and I believe from what I heard I'm not the only one?
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FI-A, you're not reading it properly. All this simply means is that the deadline to submit your initial application has passed. The phone call is still to happen...for everybody.
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No Call as yet but then I figured it would probably be towards the end of the month... BTW has anyone any news as to when they will launch....since they were supposed to launch in Sept.....
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Hi Cpt_Schmerzfrei,
Thanks for the link, it made an interesting read!
At least we now know why we have not received a phone call and I think that they are likely to hold off until the bottle neck of pilots going through TR training has cleared.
Personally I am looking forward to my phone call, when it comes. This recession has proven that all companies in the biz jet market as well as airlines are vulnerable. As long as Jetbird has the capital to keep marketing its product, backed by a good service provided to the customer, I don't see why it would not succeed. Especially as most of its competition in the UK and has gone bust! And by that I mean the operators flying CJ's and midsize biz jets such as the Citation Excel's.
Blink seems to be doing well and if people can travel around Europe, in a private jet, on business for the same or similar price as a First Class ticket with BA then I think they will do well.
I previously flew the Citation Excel/XLS and you certainly can't hire one for the same price. The Embraer aircraft are strong contenders against the Mustang and even Citation Excel, with the Phenom 300.
In this current climate companies like Blink and Jetbird will hopefully be the breath of fresh air needed to get us pilots back into work and give people confidence in these type of opertations.
Regards,
ExcelXLS Driver
Thanks for the link, it made an interesting read!
At least we now know why we have not received a phone call and I think that they are likely to hold off until the bottle neck of pilots going through TR training has cleared.
Personally I am looking forward to my phone call, when it comes. This recession has proven that all companies in the biz jet market as well as airlines are vulnerable. As long as Jetbird has the capital to keep marketing its product, backed by a good service provided to the customer, I don't see why it would not succeed. Especially as most of its competition in the UK and has gone bust! And by that I mean the operators flying CJ's and midsize biz jets such as the Citation Excel's.
Blink seems to be doing well and if people can travel around Europe, in a private jet, on business for the same or similar price as a First Class ticket with BA then I think they will do well.
I previously flew the Citation Excel/XLS and you certainly can't hire one for the same price. The Embraer aircraft are strong contenders against the Mustang and even Citation Excel, with the Phenom 300.
In this current climate companies like Blink and Jetbird will hopefully be the breath of fresh air needed to get us pilots back into work and give people confidence in these type of opertations.
Regards,
ExcelXLS Driver
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Sometimes of course Press Releases aren't worth the paper they are written on. I refer you to Jet Republic....
"Especially as most of its competition in the UK and has gone bust!" - I can't think of that many (established) companies that have "gone bust" so far? Maybe European Business Jets and that's it? Others weren't in the VLJ/CJ/XL arena - and were largely press released hype anyway.
"Especially as most of its competition in the UK and has gone bust!" - I can't think of that many (established) companies that have "gone bust" so far? Maybe European Business Jets and that's it? Others weren't in the VLJ/CJ/XL arena - and were largely press released hype anyway.
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Hi,
The following companies I know went bust.
European Business Jets
Bluestream Aviation
Jet Club Zurich
London Executive Aviation are feeling the strain.
Skywork were selling off their small business jets to help fund their Excels and Q400.
Those are the ones I know of.
The following companies I know went bust.
European Business Jets
Bluestream Aviation
Jet Club Zurich
London Executive Aviation are feeling the strain.
Skywork were selling off their small business jets to help fund their Excels and Q400.
Those are the ones I know of.
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Hi,
Jet Club Zurich, which is a separate company to Jet Club International, Farnborough, has or is going bust as the current owner is bankrupt.
Jet Club will come back with a new owner and a few people from Execujet are reported to be joining the company.
Jet Club Zurich, which is a separate company to Jet Club International, Farnborough, has or is going bust as the current owner is bankrupt.
Jet Club will come back with a new owner and a few people from Execujet are reported to be joining the company.