Originally Posted by
josephfeatherweight
PukinDog - excellent, accurate, informative post. Good job!
I concur.
Some additional comments:
1 Who wants a pilot job where you don't fly much and are on standby all the time?
2 Who will assess the competence of the pilots who will have your life, and your wife's life, in their hands? Are you competent enough for that? Same question for the quality of maintenance and actual safety of your aircraft. There are so many crooks in aviation, waiting for the rich guys who are ready to get ripped. You will pay a 50k bill where 1k should have been enough, and, even worse, you will pay 50k where you should have spent 500k when you will want to save money.
3 With one aircraft flying not much, your not an important client for anyone in the business. You will pay more for crew, maintenance, fuel, FBO, everything, and get poor quality of service. When an urgent repair needs to be done for several clients at the same time, you won't be the first served, and you'll have to charter a plane.
If you are a pilot and want to fly a jet for pleasure, the only way to do it is to purchase one.
If you are not a pilot, don't purchase any sort of aircraft: you will loose money, and get a poor quality of service.