So the CFO left after a couple of years, now replaced by 2 interim co-CFOs. Feeling the pressure to generate revenues perhaps?

I hear they are attempting to be financially "creative".

Has anybody been invited for an interview in the last week? My application has changed from submitted to under review, things might be moving... slowly!

may I ask when you applied, there are currently no vacancies for pilots on VJ career website

I applied in July for a speculative position.

Any news at Vista?
Are you guys flying more or less "pre-covid" levels or still far to go?

News: they sold their Global 7500, 9H-VIS became N7584G last week.

They didn’t sell it.... it just moved to US AOC... XO Aviation.

that’s it.

COVID aside...

Does anyone know whether Brexit will affect the hiring of British pilots in the future ?

Surely you'll be required to hold a valid EASA license at time of employment. Will a national UK license be an EASA license after a hard Brexit? We'll know in 18 days.

No, we know now and have done for months. With or without a deal, from 1st January a UK issued licence is no longer an EASA licence. So will be no use for a job at Vistajet or any other European operator. Probably academic, since you also ned the right to live and work in Europe which 99.9% of Brits won't have.

Ok, I didn't realize this was already set in stone. Sorry for that chaps. Is it possible for license holder of an UKCAA issued EASA license to convert to another EASA issuing country and this way maintain the EASA license alongside the UK license? Thx.

You can only hold one EASA licence per category of aircraft at the same time.

The only solution is to change SOLI from UK to another EASA member state, then after 1st January 2021, use that to get either a validation or a full UK CPL/ATPL.

Evening all,

Does anyone have any up to date info on the interview process for VJ? Looking to apply under 'general consideration' and want to know what to expect if and when I get a call. not expecting anything this side of next year of course, but info in the back of the head will help!

Thanks,

CloudChopper

VistaJet Check in rules
 

Hello Everybody

I have heard somewhere that VistaJet have a check in time of 45 min before OFF BLOCK.

Is there anybody who knows if this is true, and maybe how they can do this?

Thank you very much :-)

SLorenzen

What's wrong with that? We have a check in time of 40 minutes before off block when out of base.

Nothing wrong..
 

Banana Joe. Nothing wrong with that, i am just wondering how that works. if the flight is delayed 50 minutes the the check in time. how is it writen in your OM-A's and in the regulations?

Best regards

Offtopic, but out of curiosity... do you actually show up at the airport 40 minutes before scheduled off block and only then start preparing your flight?

40 mins might work in cargo ops, but won’t work with lowcost passengers or business jets.
Ryanair has the same but I guarantee you the FO at least will be in the airport at least eobt -60 if not earlier, not a secret. Green light for boarding is what, -35? Let’s be serious please.
Business jets pilots will be atb the airport even earlier than -60, and I speak by experience

You indeed can prob. get any biz jet ready in 30 minutes without considering fuel/water/lavatory. 10min to get airside and to the aircraft depending on the location.
Regarding Catering & Cabin preparation however I have my doubts and the IFS needs at least somebody to power up the AC.
If the client turns up early and wants to go with 40min only...yuk! One hour check-in is still rough more often - 90 to 120min is what we have mostly.

Exactly. You just cannot know when the passenger will show up. If you are not outside of the terminal waiting for the passengers with the plane ready to go at least at eobt -30 you are not doing your job right. And we all know how long it takes to sort out catering, newspapers, toilet service, fuel, etc.

What's your problem? Show-time is show-time. If your employer briefs you to show up at ETD-45, then you do that and if you depart with delay then that is the problem of the operator, not yours.

On the other hand it is not a big problem to prepare an aircraft in a few minutes. For a ferry flight you can easily show up 45 minutes before ETD, if you are in the right location, if you have fuel loaded and if all crew members are fully aware of what they need to do to make it happen. No, there won't be much time for a cup of coffee and this kind of nonsense: collect your paperwork, go to the plane, prepare the thing, start up and go.

Maybe in Netjets, but the reality is different in most of the operators. Do that two times and see what happens.

The sad truth, true for any company using this nonsense reporting time is that it's a not so subtle way to skirt the FTL legislation. The crew is still expected to show up in whatever time is considered necessary to get the job done, which is surely more than 60 minutes in all passenger flights.
It goes without saying that it can take as little as 15 minutes to get everything done for a ferry flight on a plane that is refuelled, but that's not what we are talking about.

The trouble is that the 'Employer' may say report ETD-45, but when the aircraft owner turns up and it isn't ready to go, it is he (or she) that will fire you, not the 'employer'/management company.

On time performance and turnarounds are a thing in the world of express cargo. And I don't show up one hour before. Show time is show time as somebody else said, and I even get the opportunity to sip a hot cup of coffee.

But ok, I am not familiar with bizjets so I stay in my position.

If you need more show-time then ask for it. I know, maybe we are privileged to do this in our OPS, although me and more than 100 colleagues just endured a rough year with lost jobs and an unexpected return.

The problem is: there are a lot of back-stabbers - if you do not do the job according to the owner's demands, even while being illegal (cheating on duty time), somebody else will do it. I wish we ALL could stick together and create a much better place for everyone where nobody would try to undercut somebody else. It's just a dream, it will never happen, I am aware of this.

Back to the question a few posts before this one: I think you can do a short show, but then everything needs to be organized: take the fuel the day before, be sure that the paperwork is ready to be collected (call FBO before leaving hotel), start your briefing on the way to the airport, delegate work to get everything done smoothly and quickly without missing items. The main threat of short shows is that you may lose sight of important things and it might bite you at some point. It is only possible with an experienced crew that understands the task.

And, of course: for a revenue flight you cannot turn up less than 60 or 75 minutes before ETD. Stand together and get this time on record. Report your company if they continue to cheat.

If I may bring the subject back to my question, does anyone have any info on this. Thanks all :)

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I wouldn’t hold your breath.

They may not be the slickest at recruitment pre-pandemic let alone now.

Several year before COVID, I applied to Vista with 2000 hours on Challenger 300 and never got a reply. I’m not the only one from what I’ve heard.

Thanks, and sorry to hear that. Any other recommendations to companies that are good to work for? Take care!
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I am sure you are very popular among your colleagues and inside your company...

Don't be mean. You don't know EMS. He's a good guy. He has a spine though and is not easily intimidated by his employer. It's not because of people trying to win a popularity contest that NetJets is the far better place to work at than Vista. Our show times are realistic and yes we would report the company if they tried to pull such a stunt on us. They know it, too. It's nothing personal.

Funny (in a bizarre way!), you and I probably did our assessment at around the same recruitment drive time in 2010. I also received "positive" confirmation of having passed the assessment and that I would be contacted by the accountable manager Mr. Amb or something like that. Never heard anymore - needless to say that it didn't matter much back then - nor now. Not exactly an employer that offers anything particular rewarding in most shapes and forms.

You obviously don't get his point. To many in this part of the industry has the spine of rainworms.

Does anyone know the current economic conditions of Vistajet and if it is true that they do not have vacations?! Could someone show me a roster example? Is it always 17/13? Thank you

are they hiring ?

Yes they are hiring again now on the XLS, Challenger and Global.

Is the xls from XO's Fleet? and is there any unwritten rules of min hours etc?

Do you know the actual T&C’s? Salaries? Day’s on day’s off?


Do you pay the type rating for the CL604 and the Global 7500?

Dear,

The latest updated information: pilotjobsnetwork/VistaJet, but I'm not sure about these salaries, vacations... :confused:




Mandatory requirements:

• Minimum 1000 hours total time
• Valid PART FCL F-ATPL or ATPL
• Valid PART FCL Medical (Class 1)
• English Level 6
• Right to live and work in the EU

Desirable requirement:

• Valid appropriate Type Rating on the Citation XLS aircraft

Friend of mine started a couple of years ago on the 850 and at the moment he's on 80%, started on that so not sure if it will go up. 17/13 roster and annual leave taken only on the 13 off