Do you think my company will buy a corporate jet for me?

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According to this article on Flight's web site Black eye prompts executive jet business case re-evaluation the accepted threshold for justification to own a corporate jet is 300 hours per year.

...accepted threshold of 300h for when it makes sense to own an aircraft as opposed to chartering or having a fractional share.

If I look at last year's records on Flightmemory.com, I amassed a total flight time of 325 hours. I think I'll put my hand up for a Gulfstream G550



NOT!

 

[Evan]

If you often had more than one person traveling then it may also make sense, i think we have a couple of jets and a few helicopters, (heli from the office to the airport, saves 20 mins of course)

I still think 300hr is low, private jets cost a lot of $$, you do see a lot of gulfstreams at SIN airport though and Paya Labor would also have some... so somebody must be buying since most seem to be latest models.
They look much more sexy than the IL-76 (Which i assume was just parking between cargo ops) that was parked next to them last week.

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[markis10]

Its probably a true assesment if you multiply it by the target hourly salary, that 7.5 weeks of working week flying or 1/7th of the year!

 

[Evan]

I guess if you fly work hours... some of our senior staff (higher managers) seem to think that the best hotel is an overnight flight ! I think they are crazy,
normal work day, fly 12 hrs overnight, meeting and day in Europe, turn around, come back overnight, work again ! machines. Not for me, not even in F would i do that, then a couple of days later do the same thing somewhere in Asia... completely nuts if you ask me.

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[trippin_the_rift]

I guess if you fly work hours... some of our senior staff (higher managers) seem to think that the best hotel is an overnight flight ! I think they are crazy,
normal work day, fly 12 hrs overnight, meeting and day in Europe, turn around, come back overnight, work again ! machines. Not for me, not even in F would i do that, then a couple of days later do the same thing somewhere in Asia... completely nuts if you ask me.

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Sounds like my kind of dream job!

 

[NYCguy]

... some of our senior staff (higher managers) seem to think that the best hotel is an overnight flight !

It's surprisingly easy to get comfortable on a Global Express, G550 et al.

 

[moa999]

I guess if you fly work hours... some of our senior staff (higher managers) seem to think that the best hotel is an overnight flight ! I think they are crazy,

Simple math - they can only afford one day away -that is the only way to do it. Flying by day its at least a three day trip

 

[Evan]

Simple math - they can only afford one day away -that is the only way to do it. Flying by day its at least a three day trip

I dont dispute the math at all, i agree completely, but they must be earning even a lot more than i think they do earn to make it worthwhile, you need a life. Then again since they do this all year i guess you get used to it just like i used to get used to working thur/fri/sat nights and only having 2 or 3 hrs sleep, you just get used to it and it seems easy enough.
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