How hard to get into NetJets these days?

[superpilot]

Can get two letters from Captains that work there. How hard to get on board the NetJets train now? Thanks.

superpilot

[NightCargo]

Seems that internal recs are almost required now to get an interview, but since it looks like you have that taken care of, it still may take a couple of months to get a call. After that, it is taking around a month right now to even find out if you get hired or not.

Out on the line we are hearing that the interview success rate is dropping as Netjets refines thier selection criteria. Not impossible to get on right now, but getting harder it seems. My advice would be to stay current on the gouge from your buds at Netjets, and through aviationinterviews.com.

Good luck!

[mikecweb]

Just had two buddies with 5,000+ tt and multiple internal recs get turned down.
Obviously there is more to it then just total time but I agree they are getting ALOT more selective.

[superpilot]

aviationinterviews.com Thanks for that info.

I've heard the same, that they are really getting fussy with their selection.

superpilot

[learflyer]

I just interviewed, and 9 out of 10 of us were turned down. Including three guys with fractional experience (including me)!!! We all had several internal recs, and most of us only missed one question on the written, and aced the sim.

[superpilot]

Originally Posted by learflyer

I just interviewed, and 9 out of 10 of us were turned down. Including three guys with fractional experience (including me)!!! We all had several internal recs, and most of us only missed one question on the written, and aced the sim.

So, odds sound pretty good yet, huh?!! Wow. My, how things change in 6 months. Thanks man.

superpilot

[akrand]

Well, at least I havent been getting my hopes up too high for my husband to get on there. He also have over 5K TT and getting an internal rec., but who know's if he will get the job. His friend told him they are looking for people who have more customer service experience. Thankfully in his cover letter and on his resume, the talked about his specialized customer service training. Who knows if that will help him.

We've also seen a lot of former Indy Air guys there. I'd love to think that maybe NetJets likes the Indy guys already there and would be willing to hire more. When my husband looked into Frontier, he heard that Frontier really liked the Indy Air guys that were already there and were willing to hire more. So that would have given him a leg up there. I know thats a long shot at NetJets, but you just never know what will help and what wont.

After reading these replies, maybe I won't get my hopes up at all that he will get a job there. I know he will do good in the interview b/c he know's is stuff, but as you all have said, he still may not get the job. Oh well, what are you gonna do??

[RightSeatGirl]

I would estimate Netjets will probably cease general hiring altogether before the end of the year. And they probably will not resume until there are major improvements with the economy. Expenditures for corporate flying are the first things on a company's budget to get slashed and corporations that lack the capitol or desire to have their own flight depts. is 90% of Netjets business.

[SteveC]

Originally Posted by RightSeatGirl

I would estimate Netjets will probably cease general hiring altogether before the end of the year. And they probably will not resume until there are major improvements with the economy. Expenditures for corporate flying are the first things on a company's budget to get slashed and corporations that lack the capitol or desire to have their own flight depts. is 90% of Netjets business.

I agree with your premise, that corporate flight departments are often front line when it comes to cuts, but I disagree with your conclusion. I think that NetJets will actually do better with the current economic downturn just because corporations can utilize NetJets for the primary business travel of executives without the large initial investments of their own internal flight departments. Companies realize the time/value benefit of private jet travel without the ostentatiousness of owning their own aircraft. I think if you look at NetJets projected growth, both in aircraft acquisitions and in pilot hiring, you'll see some pretty steady increases next year. The negative for pilots trying to get on board is that NetJets current contract is attracting a much, much larger pool of applicants than they project to hire, thus the percentages go down. They are getting the opportunity to be pretty darn selective in who they hire. They'll still probably hire quite a few hundred pilots next year, even with the economic downturn.

Good place to be if you can get in.

[RightSeatGirl]

Well I hope you are correct Steve. As NetJets has always been my long-term target employer after I wrap up a few years and get through upgrade at my regional. But then again, if Liat starts hiring again...I'm going native and never coming back.

Blue Water....White Sand.....ahhhhhhhhh

[BCTAv8r]

According to the crews I talk to on the ramp, the selection rate is down to about 30%. It's easy for me to forget how much experience some of these guys have. I was talking to a Sovereign captain a few weeks ago that worked for Delta for over 20 years. Another one flew F-4s in Vietnam.

[pilot4500]

They probably want to see at least 10,000 hours, five or six type ratings, at least a dozen internal recommendations, and some time as an astronaut would be a plus.

[PGT]

sounds like you need some OV-105 pic time to get on these days