HybridSS
10-19-2004, 01:24 AM
For corporate aircraft. We cant find anyone? We have like 10 spots to fill and cant find qualified people. Problem is you need an FAA A&P license and you have to go to National Aviation Academy to get it. 14 months of training and you can get a job making $15-$20 to start depending on who you go with and proir experiance.
Corporate Aviation is one of the most secure jobs around right now. With the advent of "fractional Carriers" like Netjets and Flight Options that sell and manage 1/4 shares of aircraft ownership...it has opened up private jet ownership to thousands of new customers.
There will soon be two types of carriers. Low rent low cost no frills cattle haulers like ATA, Southwest, Air Tran, jet Blue and others for us regular types. The rest of the moderately rich that sometimes traveled first class will invest in fractional ownership and smaller increments of reselling Corporate flight time. I cant begin to tell you how this market is expanding because of some very clever businesses that have made it more accessable to the mildly rich.
Very little chance of out sourcing these jobs to other countries. The corporate aircraft do not have the range to send them to places like China for major overhauls. It would also reduce aircraft resale if this were done anyways. Also the people that buy 1/4 share ownership of these aircraft would pitch a fit as well.
I have been in Corporate for 8 years now. It looks as if another 20 years will be gaurenteed at this rate. Raytheon has built two new aircraft types in the past 5 years. The Premier and the Hawker Horizon...both are carbon fiber composite. We have over 5 billion in orders for these aircraft just from fractional operators alone. We cant deliver them fast enough.
Anyone looking for a career may want to consider this as an option. You wont get rich....but there is room for advancement and you can be making $45-70k a year within 5 years on average. And its as stable a job as they come in these times.
Corporate Aviation is one of the most secure jobs around right now. With the advent of "fractional Carriers" like Netjets and Flight Options that sell and manage 1/4 shares of aircraft ownership...it has opened up private jet ownership to thousands of new customers.
There will soon be two types of carriers. Low rent low cost no frills cattle haulers like ATA, Southwest, Air Tran, jet Blue and others for us regular types. The rest of the moderately rich that sometimes traveled first class will invest in fractional ownership and smaller increments of reselling Corporate flight time. I cant begin to tell you how this market is expanding because of some very clever businesses that have made it more accessable to the mildly rich.
Very little chance of out sourcing these jobs to other countries. The corporate aircraft do not have the range to send them to places like China for major overhauls. It would also reduce aircraft resale if this were done anyways. Also the people that buy 1/4 share ownership of these aircraft would pitch a fit as well.
I have been in Corporate for 8 years now. It looks as if another 20 years will be gaurenteed at this rate. Raytheon has built two new aircraft types in the past 5 years. The Premier and the Hawker Horizon...both are carbon fiber composite. We have over 5 billion in orders for these aircraft just from fractional operators alone. We cant deliver them fast enough.
Anyone looking for a career may want to consider this as an option. You wont get rich....but there is room for advancement and you can be making $45-70k a year within 5 years on average. And its as stable a job as they come in these times.