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Old 03-11-2008 | 08:49 AM
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From: DHC-8 SIC
Default thoughts about VLJ's

So I've been doing some research on these newly emerging VLJ's like the Phenom 100, 300, CJ1, and Eclipse 500. Dayjet is planning to operate more than 1000 VLJ's within 5 years and Avant Air and Flight Options has orders for Phenom 100 and 300s respectively. So my question is, would you as a pilot be "happy" flying one of these babies till you hit 65? This idea is contrary to the popular belief that a pilot would be most satisfied if he/she would retire flying a wide body. Money is not that of an issue since you can easily git 6 figures by the time you retire and the QOL is much better than most majors and legacies (so I hear). I would like to hear some thoughts about this.
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