Flexjet Moving Forward With LR85 Replacement
 

Just found this on the other forum. What type is anyone's guess....



Flexjet Moving Forward with Lear 85 Replacement Flexjet has found a replacement for the Bombardier Learjet 85 and has been working to transition customers who ordered shares in this now-shelved model into the new aircraft, chairman Kenn Ricci told AIN yesterday. Ricci did not specify the selection for replacement, saying the company expects to release those details later this summer after Flexjet has reached out to its entire customer base. Flexjet was the single largest customer for the all-composite twinjet, which Bombardier "paused" earlier this year. Flexjet had orders for at least 60 Learjet 85s and had sold "well over" 60 shares in the business jet. Initial deliveries to Flexjet were anticipated late last year, but the aircraft was still in flight-test at the time.

Flexjet, meanwhile, is preparing to take delivery of its first two Gulfstreams both G450s in the coming weeks and four over the next several months as it begins a rollout of international services, Ricci said. The first crews have begun G450 training. The company expects to launch an ad campaign to market the new long-range services by late June, Ricci said. In October, Flexjet signed for a mix of up to 50 Gulfstream G450s, G500s and G650s. The company also is currently operating Bombardier Global Expresses in long-range service, but Ricci said the fractional ownership provider will replace those with the G500s once deliveries of this new model begin in 2018.

Any hiring in the near future?

Someone on FI suggested maybe Legacy 450s or 500s. Looks more spacious than the Lear 85 front office:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=8014261&nseq=2

Who gets to fly the new G450s? Flexjet or FLOPS pilots or both?

Yes. Out of seniority hiring interview process. No real schedule (figured out between the five captains). 140000 to start with bonus based on Kenn Ricci metrics!!!!!! That is predominately based on dispatchability compared to the fleet?
Incentives to fly broken a/c!!! No one in the pod can take vacation during another members training event! That would take out 10 weeks if biddable vacation slots!