Skylimey,
You are so correct. I have received some good advice in this thread - especially on the Wet Footprint issue. I did run some more extensive numbers on the SJ30-2 and found out what these guys are talking about here.
Standard ISA days will rarely (if ever) coincide with the Wife's urge to be in Hawaii for the "long weekend" and headwinds do typically run west to east against the California coast (a well known meteorological phenomenon). Aside from that, as I was warned here in this thread, the real safety protocol driven concern is simply 'getting wet' in the event that anything forces a significant enough altitude reduction after the ETP - as well as the other real-time operational failures/problems.
So, I think you guys are correct. Unless Emivest Aerospace decides to actually design the extended range version of the SJ30 (which they indicated would be forthcoming), then the current SJ30-2, though marketed with Honolulu range from the West Coast, is simply not enough Pony for me to precisely rely upon - as you say - especially with Wife on-board.
Funny - after lunch today, we ended up saying the exact same thing you said just now: Call Netjets when long range over water is the mission. I think that just might be our default mode for trans-oceanic flights.
Maybe someday, advancements and continued integration of avionics, navigation and flight controls, will yield operational an operational environment that can be certified as single pilot with aircraft that do have realistic trans-oceanic range. Like I said before, I see no "technology" reason to restrict the Hawker 900 XP or the G150 to dual pilot operations only. Neither aircraft is anymore complex than the SJ30-2 (in most respects that matter) and pilots have been trained to fly far more complex aircraft over much greater distances in single pilot mode.
It is a hope, a dream, a wish - that someday really does need to come true. But, for now, at least over the water, I guess it will be 1-800-Net-Jets.
Again, thanks for all the help guys!
Last edited by Veyron254; 20th October 2009 at 23:18.