Career Path to Bizjets?
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Career Path to Bizjets?
I am looking for some impartial career advice on becoming a pilot in the Biz Jet arena. Most advice I have found seems to be aimed getting a job with the airlines, and as much as I may very well end up there - this is not my aim. My aim is, and always has been to be the pilot of a Biz Jet. Does anyone have any advice or links to advice that may answer;-
- What is the career path to a Lear Jet, Cessna Citation, Gulfstream etc..... pilot
- Who are the employers of such pilots
- What experience do these employers require
- Are there many opportunities in this area
- What is salary like for this kind of work (I am assuming considerably lower than the airlines)
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Netjets info -->OAA
There is some discusion about Netjets in the threads about OAA as Oxford Aviation Academy runs a Netjet cadet program
and here:
http://ask.oxfordaviation.net/viewfo...a6e7bc1dfabb99
Marc
and here:
http://ask.oxfordaviation.net/viewfo...a6e7bc1dfabb99
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From netjets:
First Officers: minimum requirements
First Officers: minimum requirements
- 1500 hours total flight time (excluding simulator hours)
- JAA ATPL (CPL with the theoretical ATPL successfully completed will also be considered)
- Multi-engine rating
- Multi-Crew Cooperation certificate or proof of exemption
- A valid EEC passport
- Jet and/or turbo-prop experience (excluding simulator time), and
- Fluency in English
- 3000 hours total time
- Demonstration of excellent performance as a First Officer at NetJets;
- Pass an upgrade course (Ground school and SIM), and
- Completed line training as a captain (including the line check).
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look at www.oxfordaviation.net
they run a sponsorship scheme with netjets, as far as i can see this is the only real way to get into netjets without having ATPL.
a diff kind of flying, very attractive
they run a sponsorship scheme with netjets, as far as i can see this is the only real way to get into netjets without having ATPL.
a diff kind of flying, very attractive
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If you are only at PPL stage then you could be eligible to apply to the NetJets scheme but if you have gone beyond PPL towards CPL / ATPL etc then you will not.
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In my opinion
What is the career path to a Lear Jet, Cessna Citation, Gulfstream etc..... pilot Hours,Networking and luck
Who are the employers of such pilots There are lots... TAG, ExecuJet, International Jet Club... and no doubt some smaller national ones...
What experience do these employers requireVaries depending on aircraft type, routes, etc
Are there many opportunities in this area At the moment yes
What is salary like for this kind of work (I am assuming considerably lower than the airlines)Not necessarily
The best thing to do is use the search function above. If you use the advanced search it will filter out alot of rubbish. Try posting this question on the D & G Reporting Points to get local info about companies in NZ
Good luck with your PPL and CPL training
Who are the employers of such pilots There are lots... TAG, ExecuJet, International Jet Club... and no doubt some smaller national ones...
What experience do these employers requireVaries depending on aircraft type, routes, etc
Are there many opportunities in this area At the moment yes
What is salary like for this kind of work (I am assuming considerably lower than the airlines)Not necessarily
The best thing to do is use the search function above. If you use the advanced search it will filter out alot of rubbish. Try posting this question on the D & G Reporting Points to get local info about companies in NZ
Good luck with your PPL and CPL training
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As a low time PPL you are always going to be up against not having the hours required or possibly the finances to get a type rating and with no hours its unlikely that someone will pay for it.
An option woth considering is to alongside your licence whatever that is JAA or ??? is to go for an FAA CPL Multi IR.
It is then relatively inexpensive to get an SIC type rating. That will allow you to market yourself at private jets where you can log and build turbine hours at probably low pay.
Once you have some turbine and jet experience logged you will become more attractive for a better position and then you can consider a full type rating?
With private jets a lot is to do with networking and getting yourself known.
Its a sorry state but as a low time pilot you need the experience and hours to be attractive but without those hours you are not attractive so how do you get the hours without investing a fortune to start with.
Not sure where you are intending to locate as you have New Zealand as your location or what nationality licences you are working to at present?
This is one option
pace
An option woth considering is to alongside your licence whatever that is JAA or ??? is to go for an FAA CPL Multi IR.
It is then relatively inexpensive to get an SIC type rating. That will allow you to market yourself at private jets where you can log and build turbine hours at probably low pay.
Once you have some turbine and jet experience logged you will become more attractive for a better position and then you can consider a full type rating?
With private jets a lot is to do with networking and getting yourself known.
Its a sorry state but as a low time pilot you need the experience and hours to be attractive but without those hours you are not attractive so how do you get the hours without investing a fortune to start with.
Not sure where you are intending to locate as you have New Zealand as your location or what nationality licences you are working to at present?
This is one option
pace
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mab494, on tour at the moment. When I have a moment I'll get some sort of answer to you. It'll be good for all facets of GA.
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See my post above. There are Citations which have single pilot rated Captains but the passengers prefer a safety pilot on board and there are citations which require two crew.
If you go JAA which you need to long term to work for an AOC you cannot log the hours on those citations without a full type rating and a two crew citation requires two fully type rated pilots.
If you convert your JAA CPL IR Multi to an FAA CPL IR Multi I know where you can get a citation SIC (Second in command) rating for $3000.
An SIC is acceptable in Europe flying N reg Biz Jets.
You can then log hours and offer to fly probably for little pay to build up jet time.
Once you suitable jet time you can then approach an AOC on your JAA licences and they may finance a full type rating.
If you are wanting to fly business jets a lot are JAA registered but a lot are also N reg so its not a bad thing holding both.
Your other option is to go JAA Buy a full type rating and hope you can persuade someone to take you with low hours or as others have posted do all your training through somewhere like Oxford and through their scheme go to Net Jets.
pace
See my post above. There are Citations which have single pilot rated Captains but the passengers prefer a safety pilot on board and there are citations which require two crew.
If you go JAA which you need to long term to work for an AOC you cannot log the hours on those citations without a full type rating and a two crew citation requires two fully type rated pilots.
If you convert your JAA CPL IR Multi to an FAA CPL IR Multi I know where you can get a citation SIC (Second in command) rating for $3000.
An SIC is acceptable in Europe flying N reg Biz Jets.
You can then log hours and offer to fly probably for little pay to build up jet time.
Once you suitable jet time you can then approach an AOC on your JAA licences and they may finance a full type rating.
If you are wanting to fly business jets a lot are JAA registered but a lot are also N reg so its not a bad thing holding both.
Your other option is to go JAA Buy a full type rating and hope you can persuade someone to take you with low hours or as others have posted do all your training through somewhere like Oxford and through their scheme go to Net Jets.
pace
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For 3k you'll just be doing 4 circuits in an aircraft. Be aware that many operators' insurance policies require the copilot to have attended a proper simulator based course at FSI, Simuflite or Simcom.
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What I can tell you is that you don't especially need to pay for your own type rating these days. Most reliable charter company will pay and bond you for it, giving you not only a SIC rating but as we call in Europe a first officer (right seat) type rating, meaning you fly charter or private in a kind of part 135 operation compared to what they have in the US. The benefit of this is your ability to be treated like a part of the crew and fly the aeroplane not only changing frequencies
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Anyway, I wouldn't pay right now a rating myself...
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.Anyway, I wouldn't pay right now a rating myself...
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What kind of experience do you need before any biz jet operators will look at you? I have a little over 800 hours with over 300 ME and plenty of IFR time yet have had no bites so far. Is there anything I can do to make me stand out from the crowd?
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is it possible to go straight into the biz scene with just piston hours?
Is there anything I can do to make me stand out from the crowd?
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I am a little worried about your pick of a name for these forums :-) is that indicative of what you think you are and maybe are you giving that impression to would be employers?
You are a saleable item and as such you do have to sell yourself, market yourself, network. If you have a FAA CPL IR and an FIC are bright and switched on I am looking for some Legal SICs to call on for some citation work
Pace
I am a little worried about your pick of a name for these forums :-) is that indicative of what you think you are and maybe are you giving that impression to would be employers?
You are a saleable item and as such you do have to sell yourself, market yourself, network. If you have a FAA CPL IR and an FIC are bright and switched on I am looking for some Legal SICs to call on for some citation work
Pace
