Agreed..
Charter gets a bad wrap and deservedly so in many cases but I had a good 13 year run with mid-size jet charter, loved the variety of flying and the challenges along the way. Maybe I got lucky.
As far as lying to passengers I was never asked to outright lie but I did run into the occasional problem when running a brokered trip and promises were made without asking the operator, me, if it was even possible. Sure we can get you into that VFR strip in the rockies...make it to Hawaii in February...Fly TEB-SJC non-stop "guaranteed".
Yes, it did happen and from my recollection I had most trouble with the VNY/BUR based companies brokering out the trips. I got the impression they would tell the client anything to sell the trip...and they did.
Still, it was fun. Now a bit older and settled into a solid corporate gig. Not as exciting constantly going to TEB/BNA/MDW/SJC but it serves me well at this point in my career....flying the GLEX pays much better too.