lpcunity

NJA is a good job. I was hired in Oct of '06 and left in Dec '14. I was an FO in the Encore the entire time. I was tired of flying the Encore and burnt out. I understand upgrades are still painfully far away. There are times I wonder why I left. I miss all the time off I was getting at NJA. I don't remember what weekends off are like. NJA takes care of its pilots. Amazing health insurance, home basing, good 401k, good aircraft,hotel/airline points, credit card points, uniform allowance, and pretty good pay. Not to mention the crew meals. The crew meals at NJA were amazing compared to what I'm eating in the cockpit now. I understand the pains of a NJA FO. I was one for a long time. My job in the 73 is way easier than what I was doing at NJA and I'm happy I made the move. I just wanted to chime in and provide my view of leaving. NJA is a great job and there are aspects that I miss dearly. No job is perfect unless you're Dave Rastovich.

Jetlife

Well said. I can only guess that because you said 73, and crew meals, that you work for SWA. Hopefully they step their crew meal game up, I have heard it is pretty bad.

sherpster

at NJA you will work half the weekends. You seem to infer that you are working more than 2 weekends a month at your current gig. How is that possible?

lpcunity

I go to work on Friday and come home on Sunday or Monday. That's how the lines are built that my seniority can hold.

BuckeyeFO

But you'll eventually get more weekends off, work fewer days, and make way more money. The only downside is the initial schedule and commuting for some guys.
edit: and better crew meals

Jetlife

I get missing all the secondary perks of the job (hotel points, airline points etc) but if you added all that up, that equals about 2,000 bucks a year.... That shouldn't be a reason to make a go or no go decision.

727C47

Right , why don't you tell him how he feels : ) you are a stitch Buckeye

727C47

Hey , you can't write anything positive in this thread , didn't you read the TOS ? My wife is a SWA FO , she echoes a lot of what you say , both are very good jobs , cheers brother: )

Finny McCool

He works for Alaska. I'm holding weekends off if I want them after one year. They're not important to me yet I had every Friday off and two full weekends this month.

To each his own. If you like the crew meals at NJ then it will be a loss. If you are like me and ate them out of necessity, not so much.

Jetlife

I get what you're saying, but Buckeye is correct, it will get better for him. Has nothing to do with NetJets or not. The more senior he gets the more control he will have. It's a step back now in that department but quality will improve over time.