Netjets BBJs - Are their days numbered?

[LR45JI]

I don't fly the X here at NJA and actually have no desire (at 6'4" I don't consider 5 hour trans-cons fun!) but heard something funny in SAT one day.

[A NJA X was in the block for 12R and American was taxing for takeoff]

AA 123: "Can American 123 cut in front of this little guy up here?"
Tower: "Sure, if you can climb to FL370 at .85 mach."
AA123: "Guess not"

Now I have no idea if the X can do that or not but it was funny nevertheless.

 

[bizjet737]

it sure can do that. i used to do 340 to .84 in the climb. even did fl510 once to say i'd been there - did it at a cruise climb of .83 (took about 500nm to do it) and accelerated to .85 once level.