NOW NOW..
I dont HATE the airplane...when it runs its a pretty comfy plane with good performance and a nice cabin for the folks in back.
It has had MAJOR MX issues since coming online, but I hear they may be getting better (as any new product)
The one I flew left us stranded countless times, to the point that the owner abadoned it less than 1 yr into owning it. Not good for job security. More than a few were simply left in MX and the lawyers are sorting it out...
Madird/Paris to NYC? NOPE. unless the winds were completly dead. London-Gander or Bangor...most times....Longest I had one in the air was 6+45. Sure you may stay up longer at .67 or something...NY-London sure....much further east usually requires a stop in CYQX for fuel...trips Eastern Europe or Russia are best turned through Iceland...
It is a comfy cockpit, full fadec is nice. Good A/C in hot wx. Decent performance even heavy. It does have a half assed Astra wing with all sorts of lift devices so flap or slat problems could get hectic...but have not heard of many of those.....
Some of the major MX items I recall ---- starter/generators - average lasts 75-125 hrs. Gear Actuators - (one had to land with a not locked indication) - FUEL LEAKS (major problems here)
very shoddy completions also....
BUT, like I said, when it did run it was a pretty good plane for 20 million ( I guess) Its surely not a true International airplane, but a very good coast to coast domestic ride.
I see the biggest advantage of the G200 is that when it breaks Gulfstream comes and picks your owner up in a GIVSP or a GV (REAL Gulfstreams) and many of these guys turn around and buy these real planes.......but.......that dont do you any good at 0300 with a dead starter in BIKF right???
Yours Truly,
someone who spent WAY too much time in KDAL service center