"Line Up and Wait" - Let's Hear it for Globalization

[K.V.]

"Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic." - Gladstone

 

[Sandhawk]

And my Brazilian jet represents America's fall from grace. When Brazil can build a better jet than anything made in the USA you know once and for all these are the last days of Rome. Go fiddle on your roof, Nero.

YHGTBFKM......

The Whistling Sh!t Can Of Death is better than a Gulfstream???

The only arena it beats the Gulfstream is price - the people that buy Legacies want the big airplane, but can't afford the real deal. So they settle for the Taco Rocket.

You see it in the owners - how they pay and how they treat the employees - especially S FL owners....right, LD ??

 

[LegacyDriver]

Embraer beats Gulfstream in reliability, redundancy, DOC and automation of systems. The G-Whiz still hangs onto technology from three decades ago. I will take my EMB any day. Most of the people who buy the Embraer could afford the Gulfstream they're just smart with their money. The Embraer is a way better value. More bang for the buck. Rich people don't get that way wasting their money on stuff they don't need.

 

[LegacyDriver]

What is that saying? Something to the effect of the more you argue with an idiot, the more you look like an idiot?

Good point.

 

[j41driver]

I think it would be simpler/safer to say you are never cleared to cross a runway without a clearance to do so.

It is that way now. Changed in July I think.

 

[Sandhawk]

Embraer beats Gulfstream in reliability, redundancy, DOC and automation of systems. The G-Whiz still hangs onto technology from three decades ago. I will take my EMB any day. Most of the people who buy the Embraer could afford the Gulfstream they're just smart with their money. The Embraer is a way better value. More bang for the buck. Rich people don't get that way wasting their money on stuff they don't need.

It would be interesting to see how many Fortune 500 companies fly Gulfstreams vs. Legacies......

How much are Legacies going for these days? There is a early G-V with fairly low time going for $18M.....

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Embraer beats Gulfstream in reliability, redundancy, DOC and automation of systems. The G-Whiz still hangs onto technology from three decades ago. I will take my EMB any day. Most of the people who buy the Embraer could afford the Gulfstream they're just smart with their money. The Embraer is a way better value. More bang for the buck. Rich people don't get that way wasting their money on stuff they don't need.

Lightly used 550s are back up over 45mil and darn near (or better than) where many owners bought them new. Most 7X owners are looking at several million in profit if they sold today.

How are Embrears doing in todays market?

You are right about wealthy people being smart with money - hence they dont buy that junk. Wealthy people look for a return on their investment, not to own some oddball regional junk that depreciates because nobody wants it. You are correct, they dont like wasting money.....hence they buy Gulfstreams, Falcons, Globals etc...

 

[LegacyDriver]

The Legacy is a better airplane for the job in most cases. Frankly, as poorly as the Fortune 10 company I worked for ran their department (talk about airplanes losing value!!!) I don't take my cues on fiduciary responsibility or judgment from them. A Legacy would have done the job better and cheaper, with more cabin and reliability, than most of the planes in our fleet.

 

[LegacyDriver]

A G-V for $18M? That kinda blows G200's "residual value" argument.

 

[Sandhawk]

A G-V for $18M? That kinda blows G200's "residual value" argument.

There is a BIG difference between an early G-V that a company needs to get rid of and a late model G-550......

Although they both go higher/faster/further than the WSCoD!

 

[LegacyDriver]

And cost three times as much to operate. The G-V/550 market segment is a niche at best if you ask me. The Legacy 600 will do the 0-3500 NM segment more efficiently and the 650 will do the 0-4000 NM segment more efficiently. If you need 6000 NM charter a Global with the $ u saved operating a Legacy. It is a no brainer.

 

[Hugh Johnson]

Embraer beats Gulfstream in reliability, redundancy, DOC and automation of systems. The G-Whiz still hangs onto technology from three decades ago. I will take my EMB any day. Most of the people who buy the Embraer could afford the Gulfstream they're just smart with their money. The Embraer is a way better value. More bang for the buck. Rich people don't get that way wasting their money on stuff they don't need.

I thought your are flying a citation of some type?

 

[Gulfstream 200]

A G-V for $18M? That kinda blows G200's "residual value" argument.

Ld the Legacy obsession has entertainment value, if anything.....but you really, really wanna stay away from stuff you clearly have no idea about - like aircraft value and why people actually buy these things.

 

[spxdriver]

The Legacy 600 will do the 0-3500 NM segment more efficiently

... As long as you don't mind a fuel stop, since the Legacy 600 doesn't even have 3,500 nm of range, according to Embraer. :laugh: To get it to go 3,250 nm (Embraer marketing material specified max range), you must have four or fewer pax, and fly at LRC. Really, that's not competitive with a Gulfstream, Dassault, or Bombardier product with similar mission profiles.

The Legacy may be more efficient, but I've yet to meet someone who can afford a "real" corporate jet, and instead chose the Legacy. As you may recall, when I was flying an individual, a Legacy demo unit was on the ground, and my pax took a look. His wife thought that the Legacy interior looked like "plastic," and he thought that the whole interior felt "cheap" and "wannabe corporate-jet like." Not exactly positive attributes..

 

[LegacyDriver]

I'm done with this gay argument. Legacy beats the book always. It isn't designed to go 6000 nm. It will do 3400+ fully loaded. I did it for four years. The 650 is gonna blow it all up. EMB continues to steal market share from everyone. It is an awesome machine and can handle 15 legs a day until hell freezes over--while delivering the owner a profit. I'm done here. Kiss my f'ing azz, Josh. Friend? Not.