As for paying a premium price , well you have obviously never got a quote from the guy
hmmm, BIG assumption dude.
Never met the guy, can't (and haven't) commented on his personality.
I concur, DEH (which was one of the ugliest of an ugly bunch) has (apparently?) been refurbished - how well I dunno, but from a distance it looks better than before.
My point, which still stands, is that the GA fleet is old and if it is to be taken seriously it needs to be kept schmick; my experience with those PA31s was that they were exceptionally ugly. The paying customer dosn't know that I have 2 x new engines and a new main spar - he sees the interior and the paint, so as well as spending big $$ on the running bits, I also
invest substantial amounts in the bits the customer sees.
We are not all 'spineless
pr!cks'.
Cheers.