Rick James
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Since an unnamed manufacturer (Piaggio) can't stick to a delivery schedule, we've been thinking of an alternative. The budget is around 7 million and would probably result in a second aircraft purchase of the same type. The difficult part so far has been to find a bird that has a similar size cabin as a Piaggio, but is fairly efficient. My thoughts so far:
CJ3= Seems to have a much smaller cabin, not that much faster. Nice thing is that we could stay single pilot.
Hawker=DO insists they are a pain to maintain, not a stellar performer. Appears to have a nice cabin though.
Lear=Runway length requirements similar to our current 604. The plus of the Lear, is that it could fill in for the Challenger on 2-3 pax transcons.
I'll admit to being a rookie in the corporate world so any suggestions would help. The execs would not be receptive to older aircraft, and hangar space would prohibit anything much larger than those mentioned. Thanks for the help.....
CJ3= Seems to have a much smaller cabin, not that much faster. Nice thing is that we could stay single pilot.
Hawker=DO insists they are a pain to maintain, not a stellar performer. Appears to have a nice cabin though.
Lear=Runway length requirements similar to our current 604. The plus of the Lear, is that it could fill in for the Challenger on 2-3 pax transcons.
I'll admit to being a rookie in the corporate world so any suggestions would help. The execs would not be receptive to older aircraft, and hangar space would prohibit anything much larger than those mentioned. Thanks for the help.....