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He’s got a place in Scottsdale by me. Don’t think this place is his vibe at all but happy wife happy life. He has some connection to the sx track in az cycle park. Not sure if he paid for it or what.
That definitely seems like the right move for the first 3-4 months of the season. Does he move the family back to Cortez when it warms up or when the Nationals start? Or do they stay in Scottsdale? I think his oldest kids are probably just about school aged, aren’t they?
I drove through Cortez several times over the last couple of years and thought that it was a beautiful area, but also wondered about how difficult it would be to have as a home base with weekly travel like these guys have.
I’ve known more than one guy that had a jet and were talked into putting it on a charter certificate to cut their costs.
You are actually relinquishing control over maintenance and management to someone else, who does not have your best interest at heart.
Every one regretted it. One had a Citation Encore on a certificate out west. I ended up airlining out and bringing it back to MO.
They caused about 100k more in damages than what he made.
If you can’t afford a jet without putting it on a charter, you can’t afford a jet.
The Honda Jet is pretty awesome, actually. I’m fortunate to be able to travel in one somewhat frequently.
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I may eventually. I know of several pilots that have their own plane and there is a flight club that several airline pilots run that I may try. And you hit the nail on the head about airline pilots retiring and going to corporate or just GA flying. That’s part of why I wouldn’t feel comfortable.
if I made the money these Top 10 guys make, I wouldn't buy a plane, I would buy a share at one of the fractional like Netjets or but jet cards form one of these fractional. It's the most hassle-free, cost efficient solution, don't have to worry about the operating cost of the plane, the pilots (we are super mega Type A expensive drama queens!), insurance, maintenance, hangaring, pilot training and recurrent training, etc. Also, going cheap and try to save cost on an older plane with a cheaper single-pilot ops, etc, never pays in the end, often bites harder.
With fractional, you can down grade to save, upgrade if you need something big or want to go across to Europe, unlimited ressources, you call "your" plane and it shoes up, if it breaks (jets/planes often have snags), the fractional has a replacement for you within an hour.
The only reason to own a business jet is when you tax attorney tells you you need to. These Top 10 riders could all easily get together to buy a $170K-$250K jetcard for the season.
Now, owning a Hondajet, a Vision Jet, an Epic 1000, a TBM 9XX, those are pilot planes, those are for fun, when you want to fly your own small plane. Those are awesome machines, but I would strongly recommend anyone flying a small jet or turbine-plane to always fly 2-crew. When the shit hits the fan, when the wx becomes dangerous, a lone pilot gets quickly overwhelmed, and more single-pilot planes have tragic accidents than 2-crew planes, it's easier when there are 2 professionally trained pilots handling an emergency than 1.
I'll get you there fast, at the cost of you ever having a functional neck and back again...
Chad Reed had one, or chartered it. I spoke at length with his pilot at the 2005 Red Bud MX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnpfQUBO0Ss
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I worked in the Netjet bay at the service center in Wichita for a bit. Those planes get fantastic maintenance BUT...rich guys buy into a fractional so the wife can haul the kids around while he uses his BBJ or Gulstream for hisself.
They turn them into flying dumpsters. A soccer mom van with wings. I'm just knowin'.
There’s a lot of real pilots on here biting their tongue. They know better than to post.
Yes, RC's was a twin prop. If he was flying to the west coast he flew commercial. They used that plane for mostly all east coast events. I think Lawrence's are doing the same, and I dont think its a jet.
Eli's brother flies C130's (I think) for the military, so aviation runs in that family.
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