I am a retired Delta Captain , my journey started with college, Navy pilot, corporate part 91 flying for five years , finally Northwest airlines 26 years 747 First officer then Capt. Merged with Delta flew Captain for 8 more years retired at 65. My youngest son now 30YO. College accounting decided to fly goals airline far part 121. 4 years ago started ATP flt school June 2022. Finished March 2023. Hired back as Flt instructor until Nov2023 got a job part 91 flying corp jet as FO. Got typed and train company expense at CAE. 88k/yr on call 24/7 no benefits hired at 750hrs with 220 hr MEL. Just got hired at NetJets with ATP written done Feb 2026. Regionals 121 slow hiring last couple of years. He got no calls. NetJets very proud of their pilots and hard to get hired interview 12 k pilots a year but only hire 2%. Maybe 300 a year. Pay and benefits better then Regionals their union follows ALPA contracts senior pay within 5% of majors meaning their top global pilots make over 500k a year. Numerous schedules 7 on 7 off medical dental loss license with no deductible . The vest benefit is no commute at ur expense, live where u want and NetJets pays for ur transportation to and from work(where ur jet is), pay is not based on aircraft type but yearly contract raises 5 to 6% on longevity First year pay starts base 120k and after flying over 10hrs pay 200/ hr Vac pay, sick pay per diem . They don't want to lose pilot to airlines. Like they did before 2017 union contracts! My son class was 15 total avg hrs 2500. Mainly part 91. Fraction jet owners and 135. If they got the feeling u mite want airlines down the road forget getting hired. They train to 121 standards and are FOAQ monitor in fly deck like airlines. Major airlines knows about NetJets hiring criteria and training standards and openly hires their pilots. His class got the new EMB phater 550. Fly by wire stick control med jet! First year pilots w-2 according to some of his friends got hired year earlier was 175k working 1/2 a year! This was route He and I took. ATP cost 100k plus 25 k to cover living expenses. He got SOFI loan thru ATP first rate 8% year four got it lower to 4.5%. It was the fastest way to get all ratings more pressure the military which takes 2 years! For all same ratings Commercial Mel and Sel and instrument and CFII!