Pic Of The Day

Willhound

My uncle is a retired Air Canada pilot. He used to say that flights were free.....it was the safe landing you were paying for...

69fastback

I think when left my last job, the challenger 350 I was flying went for $4800/hr. 

69fastback

Here it is. Just request a quote. 

https://millionairdallas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Services-Challenger350.pdf

aero3113

My aircraft isn’t for charter but I think G650ER’s are at $8000 + /hr.

Handymans342

Aqua_Aura said:

Handymans342 said:

So You can pick me up in Florida and fly my to Texas?

We'll rent you the whole jet starting at $6,000 an hour. Since you don't have a boat you should have all sorts of cash in the bank. 

My accounts are definitely growing but not for a ride in a puddle jumper. 

Aqua_Aura

Definitely not a puddle jumper. More of an ocean leaper. 

aero3113

Aqua_Aura said:

Definitely not a puddle jumper. More of an ocean leaper. 

LoL

reneechris14

You guys are out of my league. I won't even pay for Uber,  it's OK I'll walk.

LaRea

Absolutely beautiful piece of machinery. And it's just like my 2007 Rinker ... they both bragged about having a DVD player!  

MarkB

aero3113 said:

My aircraft isn’t for charter but I think G650ER’s are at $8000 + /hr.

How many passengers can it fly?

aero3113

@MarkB , 3 crew and 14 passengers.

69fastback

The 650 we had at Million Alr was the first one in the world on a 135 ticket, and it used to be $10K/hr. I think it’s considerably less now. Too bad that thing was broken so much that they had to send the 450 with it everywhere it went. 

Ian

Thats what Immelt ex GE had - a shadow in case one broke down. Private jet that is, dunno what he used.

Ian

LaRea said:

Absolutely beautiful piece of machinery. And it's just like my 2007 Rinker ... they both bragged about having a DVD player!  

“Enclosed lavatory” vs the one outside?

MarkB

aero3113 said:

@MarkB , 3 crew and 14 passengers.

So 2.5 hour flight will cost $1400 a person, which isn't that bad considering.  But I also think I have my math wrong ... clock probably starts ticking much sooner than take off, and touch down, right?

Aqua_Aura

When the clock starts would depend on the charter company and how they bill the flight. They could do a straight quote you pay or you could pay actual time. 

It may not seem that bad considering however consider now finding 14 people and a 2.5 hour flight isn't terribly far and you need to return so now it could be $2800 per person. If it's a round-trip of 2.5 hours it is probably less of a headache for us peasants to just drive. 

aero3113

@MarkB , you would also need 14 of your friends or coworkers because it’s not like a commercial flight where seats are sold every flight. Your plane on your schedule.

69fastback

Well, that’s also just for the airplane. You will also pay any airport fees, pilot hotels, per diem, Ect..... and if the airplane sits, you will be charged 2 hours per day. 

J3ff

From this evening... have to take the boat out every Friday and at least once a weekend to keep the growth off of it.. 

Willhound

J3ff said:

From this evening... have to take the boat out every Friday and at least once a weekend to keep the growth off of it.. 

Where were you on Wednesday?😄
https://nypost.com/2021/03/05/florida-snorkeler-finds-1-5-million-worth-of-cocaine/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

randy56

Border Patrol is going to be rich.

69fastback

I went and put my charger on today. First time I’ve seen the boat in 6 months. One of my top goals of my pending divorce, aside from the kids, is to keep the boat. Man, it was nice to sit in it today.  

Aqua_Aura

That's always sad when you hear about a man possibly losing his boat, oh and sucks about the divorce as well...sorry couldn't help myself 😁. In all seriousness that is never a good situation to be in. My co-worker is getting a divorce and his wife owns a law firm that does family law so sucks for him. 

aero3113

@69fastback , do you guys winterize down there? I know a lot of homes were damaged because of frozen pipes. Do you think a lot of people had damage to their boats also?

69fastback

aero3113 said:

@69fastback , do you guys winterize down there? I know a lot of homes were damaged because of frozen pipes. Do you think a lot of people had damage to their boats also?

I winterize mine. Hopefully I got it done well enough because it got cold here. I don’t winterize my bass boat, so hopefully it survived.  My son and I are about to go fishing, so we will see. 

raybo3

@69fastback I am an expert on this. I went through a very bad divorce. 3 separate trials. They kept going after the boat. I showed (wink wink) that I owed more than it was worth. Finally in court in front of the (female) judge, the judge got sick of hearing about the boat so the judge asked my ex if she wanted to buy it for $93000. My lawyer yelled sold (true story) and the subject of the boat never came up again. You could have a problem if the boat is paid off or its worth more than you owe. Its considered martial assets. Good luck and keep me posted.   

69fastback

Everything we have is paid off, except the house. Both boats, vehicles, dirtbikes, trailers, Ect...... all paid for. Everything I’ve paid off and want to keep, I get to pay half of again. 

MarkB

aero3113 said:

@MarkB , you would also need 14 of your friends or coworkers because it’s not like a commercial flight where seats are sold every flight. Your plane on your schedule.

Yeah, that's my point actually ... get 14 of us together for a flight down from Toronto to FL ... a commercial ticket is going to run you around $600 to $800.  If you split the cost of a charter ... it's more expensive yes, but not absurd ... and probably way more fun.

MarkB

Aqua_Aura said:

When the clock starts would depend on the charter company and how they bill the flight. They could do a straight quote you pay or you could pay actual time. 

It may not seem that bad considering however consider now finding 14 people and a 2.5 hour flight isn't terribly far and you need to return so now it could be $2800 per person. If it's a round-trip of 2.5 hours it is probably less of a headache for us peasants to just drive. 

Ah yes ... forgot about the return ... now it's getting pricey!  LOL

mattie