5 ms·

Looking at comments, everyone has their personal jet or im missing something?

avaika 8y ago
Probably that's because only people who are related somehow to planes / app / etc leave comments in here. It's the same when people share only their bright moments in social media and you begin to think that you're missing something in your miserable daily routine. While in reality you just see exclusively bright moments and nothing behind the scenes.
- leowoo91 8y ago
  Nice example of over-generalization, ty.
bronco21016 8y ago
A lot of people are aviation enthusiasts without actually owning a plane. I flew general aviation for years borrowing and renting small aircraft. It’s not cheap but certainly more affordable than buying and within reach of most people with a decent income.
base698 8y ago
You can buy a single engine piston plane used for $20K. At the top end of new models about $700K. Flying in general costs $10K a year or so if you fly a fair amount, imagine that's affordable to most people with tech jobs who know React or hack Linux :) I'm sure lots of people spend that on drinking in a year.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  You can reliably get boats for free on Craigslist (less reliably if you want said boat to have an engine and come with with a trailer). Marriage licenses are not expensive. You know what they say. Some things are cheaper to rent. I used to work for a (GA) aircraft mechanic so the cost of ownership is not a totally unknown quantity to me. If I want an expensive hobby I'm going to get a boat. The only way flying can be reasonably cheap is if you go home-built and avoid most of the FAA related cost increases.
  - base698 8y ago
    I spent half the cost of the airplane out of pocket my first year. Looks like year two will be 10%. Heard from lots of people that they didn't have my year 1 costs in 10 years, so YMMV. Running out of things that can break so hopefully the bleeding stops.
walrus01 8y ago
You can buy a half decent cessna 172 for $35,000 , it's not totally a hobby for millionaires. Figure $100 to $150 per hour flight cost including maintenance.

Probably that's because only people who are related somehow to planes / app / etc leave comments in here. It's the same when people share only their bright moments in social media and you begin to think that you're missing something in your miserable daily routine. While in reality you just see exclusively bright moments and nothing behind the scenes.

leowoo91 8y ago
Nice example of over-generalization, ty.

bronco21016 8y ago

A lot of people are aviation enthusiasts without actually owning a plane. I flew general aviation for years borrowing and renting small aircraft. It’s not cheap but certainly more affordable than buying and within reach of most people with a decent income.

base698 8y ago

You can buy a single engine piston plane used for $20K. At the top end of new models about $700K. Flying in general costs $10K a year or so if you fly a fair amount, imagine that's affordable to most people with tech jobs who know React or hack Linux :) I'm sure lots of people spend that on drinking in a year.

dsfyu404ed 8y ago
You can reliably get boats for free on Craigslist (less reliably if you want said boat to have an engine and come with with a trailer). Marriage licenses are not expensive. You know what they say. Some things are cheaper to rent. I used to work for a (GA) aircraft mechanic so the cost of ownership is not a totally unknown quantity to me. If I want an expensive hobby I'm going to get a boat. The only way flying can be reasonably cheap is if you go home-built and avoid most of the FAA related cost increases.
- base698 8y ago
  I spent half the cost of the airplane out of pocket my first year. Looks like year two will be 10%. Heard from lots of people that they didn't have my year 1 costs in 10 years, so YMMV. Running out of things that can break so hopefully the bleeding stops.

walrus01 8y ago

You can buy a half decent cessna 172 for $35,000 , it's not totally a hobby for millionaires. Figure $100 to $150 per hour flight cost including maintenance.