When discussing hiring an aircraft you are told:
sure, just put some credit into your account.
Then 5 minutes later: sure, just give us 24 hours to process your paperwork,
Then 2 weeks later, sure just give us 24 hours to process your security pass,
Then 2 weeks later sure, just give us 24 hours for the aircraft's Cert. of Airworthiness to be delivered
Then 2 weeks later Hmmm, no CofA, just give us 24 hours to find a replacement aircraft
Then 2 weeks later sure, just do a check flight with our 'captain'
Then a whole new saga with a corrupt and incompetent captain which is the subject of a whole new thread
Aaarghhh. But the craziest thing is that at each step, I am confident all the problems will disappear and I will be happily flying tomorrow.