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02-15-2014, 09:27 AM
Quote: (02-14-2014 08:59 PM)CaliforniaSupreme Wrote:
I want to be able to call someone up while on my way to the airport and have it fueled up and ready to taxi by the time I get there, is this possible with a jet card?
You watch too many rap videos.
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02-16-2014, 12:58 AM
Quote: (02-12-2014 07:28 AM)el mechanico Wrote:
So the future big baller that's so tight with cash he's faking his gold membership in his avatar over 7 dollars wants to dabble in the private luxury aviation arena?
I'll stop there for now.
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Quote: (02-14-2014 08:59 PM)CaliforniaSupreme Wrote:
I want to be able to call someone up while on my way to the airport and have it fueled up and ready to taxi by the time I get there, is this possible with a jet card?
You watch too many rap videos.
I have a lifestyle goal which I want to attain. I will reach this goal one way or another. It doesn't matter what anyone says. I will make it happen. If you have something positive to tell me, or have some constructive criticism, I'm glad to hear it. If you're going to ridicule me, I would appreciate it if you could take your rude comments into another thread. I didn't post this with the intent of receiving stupid, degrading comments from people- I asked a simple question which could be answered with a simple, straightforward answer. Thank you to those who helped inform me.
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02-16-2014, 02:58 PM
^^Dude, it seems like you have some pretty huge ambitions for your future, and that's definitely commendable. You only get this one life, why the fuk settle for anything but the max. With that said, you should have a realistic view of the financial firepower required to live that way. 300k is a laughably small income when you're discussing baller-dom. Your average orthodontist makes this much and the 20 orthopedic surgeons in every major hospital make twice that. Needles to say, none of those dudes are flying private jets, let alone owning them.
If you ever find yourself with a 300k annual income stream and your goal is to be a baller the question you should be pondering is how to bump that 300k an order of magnitude, not what you can spend it on. Cause really, 300k is just barely upper middle class, and if your socioeconomic status includes the phrase "middle class" in it then...well...probably private jets aren't what you should be thinking about.
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02-16-2014, 03:01 PM
Quote: (02-16-2014 02:58 PM)rekruler Wrote:
^^Dude, it seems like you have some pretty huge ambitions for your future, and that's definitely commendable. You only get this one life, why the fuk settle for anything but the max. With that said, you should have a realistic view of the financial firepower required to live that way. 300k is a laughably small income when you're discussing baller-dom. Your average orthodontist makes this much and the 20 orthopedic surgeons in every major hospital make twice that. Needles to say, none of those dudes are flying private jets, let alone owning them.
If you ever find yourself with a 300k annual income stream and your goal is to be a baller the question you should be pondering is how to bump that 300k an order of magnitude, not what you can spend it on. Cause really, 300k is just barely upper middle class, and if your socioeconomic status includes the phrase "middle class" in it then...well...probably private jets aren't what you should be thinking about.
I'm shooting for the 1% of the 1%. Thank you for the advice man.
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02-16-2014, 03:52 PM
I get the "Departures" magazine from Amex and there are NetJet deals that require an 80K to 100K deposit. That is way out of my league but for some reason Amex sends that magazine to us Platinum card members as well as the Black Card members when 95% of what is in that magazine is realistically for Black Card members.
....but hey, something to shoot for.
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02-16-2014, 09:28 PM
I have a friend that took a ride with one of her friends from NYC to Paris on a Gulfstream. The owner said it cost 50-60k in fuel alone (doesn't include the pilots, landing fees, maintenance, hangar fees, plane, etc)
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02-16-2014, 10:04 PM
Quote: (02-16-2014 09:28 PM)hun73r Wrote:
I have a friend that took a ride with one of her friends from NYC to Paris on a Gulfstream. The owner said it cost 50-60k in fuel alone (doesn't include the pilots, landing fees, maintenance, hangar fees, plane, etc)
I'm going to need to make a LOT of money then...
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02-17-2014, 08:03 PM
jets are cool, so is already being where you want to be. If you aren't time constrained buy a plane ticket suck up the miserable experience. then relax for a month or more where you want to be.
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02-17-2014, 09:11 PM
Quote: (02-17-2014 08:30 PM)hun73r Wrote:
I know a guy that makes $20 mil a year (every year for about 15 years) and he said he can't justify the cost even though he flies internationally twice a month. I think you'd need a job like a touring rock band to really justify the expense.
How far do you want to go in one? Half-way across the country or internationally? You could also get your pilots license if the goal is to impress a chick. I got mine to become and airline pilot and got to the point of flying a King Air twin turbo. It's a prop but to girls it's the same as a jet. She may even be more impressed that you are the one flying it vs. a hired pilot. The cool thing about taking up girl in smaller planes is that you can let her fly it some.
If you don't want to fly it, I'd check out netjet or flexjets. They're around $2-3k per hour. Not cheap but way cheaper than owning one by yourself. If you do want to fly it, this Honda Jet looks sick http://planes.findthebest.com/l/67/Honda-HondaJet
I flew in a learjet once and those things are rockets. I was in the right seat so I wasn't the main pilot but got to fly it some. After takeoff, the pilot pitched to 25 degrees and climbed 7000' /minute.. felt vertical. It was like playing a new video game on expert mode.
I guess I'll look into chartering when I get to that level. Those HondaJets are pretty sick, but I prefer the 45XR.
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02-17-2014, 10:04 PM
^if that question is for me, I don't want to own any planes. Renting them is much easier and cheaper. And flying biz or first class using points is more my style than worrying about logistics.