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Old 11-05-2010, 02:41 PM
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QuietSpike
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Flexjet and Netjets are fractionals...

so in order to use them, you have to BUY a fraction, THEN pay a monthly management fee, THEN pay a per-hour usage fee... That is how they make money!

There is no such thing as a "profitable" charter... you have to charge so much in order to make a profit that someone would just go to a 135 company that is just offsetting costs for some owner-- just like slyguy said.

But that 135 company is charging a hefty monthly mgmt fee, plus taking 15-20% of revenue made from charter, so the mgmt companies are making out like bandits while the pilots do all the work!
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