Netjets mins, and a question

ZeroPapaGolf

ZeroPapaGolf

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Right now I have about 60 hours. After I finish my Instrument and multi-engine, I will start flying a Navajo PIC. A thousand hours later or so, I will move to PIC on a turbine Commander. Which means that the majority of my time will be twin time. Lets say somewhere around 2500 TT (which I understand is NJ's TT mins), I want a change and decide to apply to Netjets.

Yeah, it would probably be stupid. But anyway.

Would having almost all twin/x-c/IFR time make me more likely to get hired at 2500 than the next guy?
 
Not to discourage you, but those are minimums. Meaning the average new hire has several thousand hours.

And what kind of PIC time will you be getting in a Navajo with a fresh multi ticket?

Good luck with your career. Be sure to enjoy the ride and not go too fast.
 
Whose Navajo? More to the point, whose insurance? And doesn't NetJets have a turbine requirement?
 
I have 6500 TT, over 3000heavy jet and over 4000 turbine. I haven't heard form them .
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JKnight-
I am the first one who does not want to burst a bubble but i feel the others are right here. The odds of getting the left seat of a Navajo as a newly minted commercial Multi pilot are very very slim, most insurance compainies require somewhere in the ball park of 125 or so hours tt as well as another 10 hours of retrac time to even rent a retractable light piston single, such as an arrow, and the alternatives to that can sometimes be 20 hours dual in type and 100 or so tt. This is just an insurance requirement at a club i used to fly at but many companies are very similiar. Another example is just to rent a Citabria back home i had to have 125 hours of TT and 25 in type. So I wouldnt be able to venture a guess on the Navajo.

The quote i posted above is another post of people applying to NetJets. NetJets is an extremely desirable company to work for and most of their pilots i have spoken to are very happy there and wouldnt want to be anywhere else..hence the minimum hours are the bare minimum to even consider applying.

Do people get hired at the minimums? Of course, but as it has been said countless times, who do you know that works there and has an established rapport with the company that can vouch for you, that is really the only way. I know many pilots in the 4k plus TT department with RJ and large TurboProp experience and they are still waiting.

I do wish you the best of luck though. If you are going to aim, aim high and I have never heard anything but praise in regards to NetJets.
 
I assume you're going to pay to fly the Navajo PIC..?? If not, who's going to pay a fresh multi-student to fly a Navajo for them? Please share!!!
 
MusketeerMan said:
I assume you're going to pay to fly the Navajo PIC..?? If not, who's going to pay a fresh multi-student to fly a Navajo for them? Please share!!!
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Nope. It's kind of convoluted in a way but not really. All of my immediate and extended family (and me) work for and own a medium-sized trucking company. The company owns a Navajo and a Beech Sundowner. My dad is the only active pilot in the family, and he flies the Navajo for business and personal use. (He's got a seriously sweet deal in that) I fly the Sundowner (not in Commercial-license-required capacity). After I get my multi the company is going to pay for me to do the FlightSafety Navajo initial program. Then once I have enough hours to let the insurance broker sleep at night, I will be flying the Navajo too.

(clear as mud, right? :D )
 
Sounds like a reasonable plan...insurance companies are screwy...I was talking to a guy about flying part time for him - he owns a Navajo and a Mooney. I've got a ton of time but never been within ten feet of either airplane. The insurance company would let me fly the Navajo with really no restrictions but they wanted me to have 50 hours in the Mooney with an instrcutor before I could fly the Mooney.....maybe the Navajo is classified as a "low risk" airplane???? Who knows....


Netjets is an awesome company....no doubt, but do you want my adivice? If you're involved with your own company and I assume you enjoy the work at least somewhat, stick with it!! You have access to a single and a Navajo (which is a great airplane) - you have it made. I've learned that it's better to work for yourself and fly when/where you want than it is to fly a jet for someone else.

And if you insist on flying for someone else, can I buy your share of the business??

Jason
 
Jason said:
I've learned that it's better to work for yourself and fly when/where you want than it is to fly a jet for someone else.

And if you insist on flying for someone else, can I buy your share of the business??

Jason
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The truly smart people ride in the back of the airplane.

Jim
 
RynoB said:
Yes, but you must admit that the view is better from the front.
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Yeah, true I guess. I've seen it though; many many many times. I could go ahead and switch to the back now.;)
 
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