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NOTES FROM SECTION NETJETS HEAD<br />
JULIAN RENTZSCH<br />
CREWMEMBERS IN PROFILE<br />
ALEXANDER ROSENZWEIG<br />
Captain, Embraer Phenom 300<br />
MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO FLYING WAS …<br />
when my father paid for a short scenic fl ight<br />
in a Cessna 172 for my brother, himself and<br />
me during a local fl ight display at a small<br />
airfi eld in the north of Germany when I was<br />
about 10 years old. Consequently, I started<br />
fl ying gliders when I was 14, the minimum<br />
age to do so in Germany.<br />
THE BEST PART OF FLYING IS … that you<br />
leave most of your earthly worries behind<br />
and focus on one particular thing – operating<br />
a sophisticated jet as professionally as you<br />
can while being exposed to some of the most<br />
beautiful and unique vistas of this world.<br />
BEFORE JOINING THE NETJETS TEAM,<br />
I WAS … fl ying for various business jet<br />
operators in Germany after fi nishing a career<br />
in the German Navy’s submarine fl eet.<br />
THE ONE DAY AT NETJETS I WON’T<br />
FORGET WAS… the day I fi nished my fi rst<br />
tour as a commander on the Phenom 300.<br />
ONE THING OWNERS PROBABLY<br />
WOULDN’T GUESS ABOUT ME IS … that I<br />
was a submarine commander before my fl ying<br />
career – Uboot Kommandant, as is the only<br />
correct form of expressing the position I held.<br />
ON MY DAYS OFF … I go longboard-surfi ng,<br />
ride my Harley around the Andalucían<br />
countryside, walk my rescue dog and<br />
practise Zen, besides spending quality time<br />
with my Andalucían spouse.<br />
WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR I WOULD LIKE<br />
TO … consolidate my experience and skills<br />
as a captain on the Phenom 300.<br />
WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS I WOULD<br />
LIKE TO … return to long-haul fl ying in<br />
NetJets or/and become involved in Crew<br />
Resource Management (training).<br />
MY BEST ADVICE FOR STAYING SANE<br />
ACROSS TIME ZONES … depends on what<br />
you want to achieve. If it is short term, try to<br />
stay in your home zone, sleep when it would<br />
be night at home. Otherwise stay with the<br />
rhythm of the new one. Force yourself to stay<br />
awake till it is nighttime there and then sleep.<br />
The same goes for returning home. Stay with<br />
the light-darkness cycle of the local time zone.<br />
MY PROUDEST MOMENT AS A CREW<br />
MEMBER WAS … related to an earlier<br />
question, as I now had gone full cycle and<br />
achieved the same in aviation as in the Navy,<br />
being the skipper of the “ship”.<br />
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