NetJets · First Officer
First Officer - East Region
NetJets is hiring a First Officer for its East Region in the United States, with numerous possible bases along the East Coast. The pilot is responsible for flight safety as well as delivering a polished service experience to owners and passengers aboard NetJets fleet aircraft.
- Employer
- NetJets
- Position
- First Officer
- Base
- East Region of the United States (multiple possible bases: Teterboro NJ, Charlotte NC, White Plains NY, Boston MA, Columbia SC, etc.)
- Pay (as the posting states it)
- $86,015 - $117,706 (base salary range)
- Seen
- 1 November 2026
Key points
- Position based in one of many East Region cities (New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Virginia, etc.)
- Base salary range stated as $86,015 to $117,706
- Minimum 1,500 total flight hours required (or reduced minimums with qualifying university or military credit)
- Passenger service duties included: greeting, briefings, baggage handling, in-flight service
- Demanding schedule: duty days up to 14 hours, trips lasting up to 8 days
- Overnight hotel stays possible for 7 or more days at a time
What the employer asks for
- FAA ATP written certificate, or R-ATP, with multi-engine rating
- At least 21 years of age
- 1,500 total flight hours (or 1,250 with qualifying university R-ATP, or 1,000 with military or university R-ATP qualification)
- 200 hours of cross-country (>50 nm) flight time
- 250 hours as pilot-in-command on fixed-wing aircraft
- 100 hours of night flying, or 75 hours with at least 45 night takeoffs and landings
- 75 hours of instrument time (actual or simulated in-flight, excluding simulator time)
- 50 hours on fixed-wing, multi-engine aircraft
- Current FAA First-Class Medical certificate
- FCC Restricted Radio Operator's Permit
- Valid passport and unrestricted authorisation to work and travel in the US
- Valid state driver's licence
- Fluent English, spoken and written
- Ability to pass TSA background screening and obtain airport authority/customs security badges
- Availability to work varying hours including days, nights, weekends and holidays
What the employer offers
- Medical, dental and vision coverage, with some options at no cost
- Healthcare advocacy and wellness programmes
- Flexible spending accounts and health savings account with annual employer contribution
- Paid time off and parental leave
- Life and accident insurance
- 401(k) plan with employer match of 67% of standard elective deferral contributions
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Legal plan and identity theft protection
- Pet insurance
- Family and caregiving support programmes
Summary written by ForAllPilots from the employer's posting. Only the official posting counts: check every condition before you apply.
Business aviation
NetJets Europe at a glance
European arm of NetJets, the US fractional business-jet ownership company owned by Berkshire Hathaway. NetJets Europe operates its aircraft from Portugal.
- Bases
- No hub: on-demand flights across Europe, operational headquarters in Portugal
- Fleet
- Bombardier Global 6000, Bombardier Challenger 650 and Challenger 350, Cessna Citation Latitude and Citation XLS, Embraer Phenom 300/E
Pilot recruitment
NetJets Europe is a separate entity from NetJets in the US (where pilots choose from more than 200 US bases). It flies everything from light jets to long-range aircraft (Phenom 300, Citation XLS and Latitude, Challenger 350/650, Global 6000) under a Portuguese AOC, so an EASA licence is the reference. Vacancies for European crews are listed under « NetJets Europe Crewmember Careers » on the NetJets careers site. Experience requirements and bases are not set out on the careers landing page: check current openings on the NetJets Europe careers site.
The NetJets selection, as candidates tell it
What candidates report on forums (Aeronet, Pilot Jobs Network) and what the employer publishes, summarised by ForAllPilots. It is not the official process: it changes from one campaign to the next, always check the posting.
Reliability of the reports : low
The stages
- Online pre-selection by a contractor: cut-e psychometric tests in one campaign, Kura assessment games more recently, and a remote interview.
- Interview panel (meteorology, technical, CRM, airmanship).
- Simulator with manual flying and decision-making, generally at Farnborough according to recent accounts.
- Asynchronous video interview described in 2024: three questions (knowledge of NetJets and motivation; what will change most compared with your current position; an improvised passenger announcement), with 1 min 30 of preparation, 1 min 30 to answer and two attempts.
The aptitude tests
- cut-e, then the game-based Kura platform, depending on the campaign.
The technical part
- Fuel basics, alternates, performance and instrument procedures.
- Commercial scenarios specific to business aviation.
Candidates' tips
- Prepare competency-based examples around safety and customer service.
- Show your ability to think quickly when faced with a passenger or an unexpected event.
- Video interview passenger announcement (2024): pressurisation failure over the Alps, deteriorating weather at destination and a client in a hurry; practise structuring a clear announcement in 90 seconds.
Our exercises to prepare
Give yourself every chance
A first officer selection usually combines a technical test (ATPL and aircraft knowledge), aptitude tests, a group exercise, an HR and technical interview, then a simulator check.
Revise the ATPL subjects that come up most in technical interviews: performance, meteorology, systems, procedures. Prepare concrete examples of crew teamwork for the interview.
If the posting mentions aptitude tests, practise the most common families of exercises: mental arithmetic, multitasking, orientation, reasoning.