Flexjet 2.4 billion aircraft order

[Rough67]

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...oosts-supersonic-bizjet-plan-aerion-as2-order

Flexjet Places $2.4B Order for Aerion AS2 SSBJs
Fractional-share provider Flexjet signed a firm order today at NBAA 2015 for 20 Aerion AS2 supersonic business jets for delivery beginning in 2023. The deal, worth $2.4 billion (2015 $) at list prices, is backed by a nonrefundable deposit.

?Being on the leading edge of something that is supersonic is a very exciting thing to do,? said Flexjet CEO Kenn Ricci. ?We have a lot of confidence in [Aerion chairman] Bob Bass and his team to bring this project to market. We are going into the international market; that was one of our goals when we bought Flexjet two years ago. As we go into that market we realize that there is not a ?one size that fits all? for our clients.?

Ricci said Flexjet has programs where customers can buy access to larger and more capable aircraft on a selected basis, and that is where he sees a supersonic business jet fitting the bill for his company and its customers, being able to access a supersonic business jet when speed matters.

?We did run this by our clients and we were amazed by the interest we had from very large corporate customers,? Ricci said, adding that before this consultation Flexjet had only intended to order 10 AS2s.

 

[ghostrider64]

LOL, next will be the statement we can only fly them if we aren't a union shop.

 

[CALRepublic]

This is more of a publicity stunt than anything else.

1- we ordered G-650s before Netjets
2- we ordered AS2s before Netjets

Ricci has no idea if the airplane will ever be built or where he's gonna get the money, all he knows is Flexjet has AS2s on order and his nemesis NJA does not

 

[BlueNose]

Anyone remember the big Envoy order?

Wonder if there will be a 6 ft model in the lobby at CGF for the next 10 years?

http://www.flightoptions.com/flight-options-orders-25-fairchild-aerospace-envoy-7-business-jets.html

KR is the PT Barnum of bizav.

 

[exagony]

www.oneskywatch.com make sure to watch the union busting videos - RH and KR are doing EXACTLY what the reformed union buster says companies do during union drives... VOTE YES 1108!!! Union Buster states ONLY way a company can stop a union is by KNOWINGLY breaking the law 4:45 into the video

 

[BlueNose]

www.oneskywatch.com make sure to watch the union busting videos - RH and KR are doing EXACTLY what the reformed union buster says companies do during union drives... VOTE YES 1108!!! Union Buster states ONLY way a company can stop a union is by KNOWINGLY breaking the law 4:45 into the video

Never mind, this wasn't going to change anyone's mind, either.

 

[exagony]

Do you need to spam this link into every thread? Not sure how much this helps your cause. The site is about as subtle as a GDR Ministry of Propaganda poster. If someone's on the fence because they're afraid of the IBT stereotype, this just provides a target for the anti-IBT hired guns to exploit those fears. I don't see how this moves them your way.

maybe you should watch the video

 

[BlueNose]

maybe you should watch the video

I've seen the video. I think it would be more effective to just present a detailed timeline reminding the Flex pilots of what they were promised and what actually happened in the years since the DAC acquisition. Throw in some choice quotes from KR's own book. If that doesn't win the argument, then they're in such a state of denial that nothing will help.

 

[realityman]

I've seen the video. I think it would be more effective to just present a detailed timeline reminding the Flex pilots of what they were promised and what actually happened in the years since the DAC acquisition. Throw in some choice quotes from KR's own book. If that doesn't win the argument, then they're in such a state of denial that nothing will help.

Gotta agree with this. Just do a side by side comparison of what was promised vs what was delivered. Then add anything else KR has done that was "above and beyond".

That kind of comparison will illustrate very clearly what his intentions are.

Actions speak louder than words.

 

[FLYLOW22]

Kinda silly.