For those of you that aren't aware of corporate flight ops...at some point some guy with a bunch of money considers getting a plane, a yacht, building a home, investing his money in this or that...and there is an initial research process...
Usually it starts with talking to his buddy the airline pilot with zero corporate flight experience or his CFII that is teaching him to fly his Cessna 182, or the pilots that currently fly him around in charter, having zero clue about aircraft acquisition, or maintenance...or the aircraft sales guy in the glossy brochure that is trying to lay away the fresh one he's got on the other end of the line.
So real or not, social media being what it is...wouldn't surprise some guy throws it out there that he's considering a plane on here...and guess what? Surprise surprise...you guys failed the test..
You didn't inquire into this capital costs, the 'why' of a GII, didn't ask about his mission specifics, just jumped right in and called him an idiot, after of course telling him to go get a Challenger...and if he is for real, chances are he called Netjets and some slick sales guy just said 'Don't worry about it, write a check and the plane will be out front in 3 hours'...and that's how they do it, because corporate pilots have so completely screwed things up that it's just flat out easier to not have to go through this and just pay through the nose and be done with the BS.
Last edited by Sillypeoples; 12th Oct 2012 at 03:25.