I currently fly a 2000EX Easy and previous to this was on a Hawker 800XP so here is a perspective..... The Hawker was middle of the road everywhere, the Falcon is at the top of the road, around the corner beyond the hills and sitting back at the pub.... waiting for the Hawker to show up.
Reliable yes, if you treat them right. The Hawkers I flew lived in the heat & occasionally snow, never got hangared and were still pretty reliable. The Falcon needs a little TLC, but is very reliable you will need access to a trouble shooter and 99% of the time its a nuisance message that cant be reproduced.
It is an electronic machine and likes to be fired up methodically and in sequence, occasionally she will not play the game so shut it down and disconnect the batteries (always do this when leaving the plane for more than a few hours - its easy). Reconnect, fire up, and she will have forgotten everything.
I have done everything from 8 minute flights to consecutive 7+ hour legs in one go. (Usually twice around the bubble each year) engine and airframe combo is great with no issues, the only real issue we have had is tyre wear, they are soft rubber and rough runways are not kind. Quick turns are no prob either we regularly do drop and go 15 mins chock to chock shutdown is not uncommon, hell we even do dump and runs and leave the right one going, again no problem.
Winglets are only really noticeable in the climb above FL340, and then of course you can milk a couple hundred miles from a standard M0.8 cruise.
Rules of thumb, M0.8 is normal, M0.82 uses 14% more fuel and the time saving is minimal and gets killed by radar vectors at the end anyway. M0.84 will get you there quicker, but fuel burn goes up by 20%+ . We find it is a comfortable 3400NM machine before you start looking at chewing sheepskin.
We find that you get the best TAS between FL380 & F410 anyway, going higher never works out unless there are some seriously good winds or FL430+ will get you over the traffic.
Compared to the Hawker, ..... well you can actually carry suitcases now! (my record was 22!) heaps of space in the cabin, (dont get the espresso machine its nothing but trouble). High MLW so you can tanker fuel, cockpit is light years ahead, seats are ok if you are average sized. Draining the fluids in cold WX is super easy, jump seat is good if you regularly carry a cabin safety specialist
Best bit is you get all of this with the fuel burn less than a Hawker! The PW's are bullet proof..
Having flown 3 different c/n 2000 Easy each one was different, one was more trouble than the other two combined.
Enjoy it.
