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I believe that business aviation exists mainly because commercial aviation is not trustworthy. You book a flight and most of the times it's late for whatever re

I believe that business aviation exists mainly because commercial aviation is not trustworthy. You book a flight and most of the times it's late for whatever reason or even canceled. It's also nearly impossible to find alternative flights for the same time if yours is canceled so you have to cancel or delay your business meeting.

marcosdumay 7y ago
Delays and cancellations aren't the norm everywhere. What is the norm worldwide is long intervals between getting into the airport and the airplane departure and between airplane arrival and one getting out of the airport. As a norm passengers waste at a minimum 2 hours before departure and 30 minutes after arrival.
- ultim8k 7y ago
  You are right about the time waste. I don't know about aviation in US but my experience in Europe has been the worst.
  - robohoe 7y ago
    It's pretty shitty in US depending on the airport. For example, I waste about an hour after arriving at O'Hare in Chicago. Since it's so big it takes a while to taxi to gate and get your bags. I haven't had that bad of an experience elsewhere in the US except maybe Dulles in Washington, DC suburbs.
mytailorisrich 7y ago
Commercial aviation operates on specific routes and specific schedules. With a private jet you set the route and the schedule.
mikl 7y ago
There’s many more benefits. The ability to go (mostly) when you want, directly from one small local airfield to another, possibly significantly closer to your destination, a lot less security theater, a lot less waiting (waiting to board, waiting for the other passengers to board, waiting for luggage). It all adds up to a lot more convenience and time savings, never mind how fancy first class service you get on regular commercial flights. Especially if you’re going somewhere where’s there’s no direct flight option. Just a single connection flight will cost an hour or more.

marcosdumay 7y ago

Delays and cancellations aren't the norm everywhere. What is the norm worldwide is long intervals between getting into the airport and the airplane departure and between airplane arrival and one getting out of the airport. As a norm passengers waste at a minimum 2 hours before departure and 30 minutes after arrival.

ultim8k 7y ago
You are right about the time waste. I don't know about aviation in US but my experience in Europe has been the worst.
- robohoe 7y ago
  It's pretty shitty in US depending on the airport. For example, I waste about an hour after arriving at O'Hare in Chicago. Since it's so big it takes a while to taxi to gate and get your bags. I haven't had that bad of an experience elsewhere in the US except maybe Dulles in Washington, DC suburbs.

mytailorisrich 7y ago

Commercial aviation operates on specific routes and specific schedules. With a private jet you set the route and the schedule.

mikl 7y ago

There’s many more benefits. The ability to go (mostly) when you want, directly from one small local airfield to another, possibly significantly closer to your destination, a lot less security theater, a lot less waiting (waiting to board, waiting for the other passengers to board, waiting for luggage). It all adds up to a lot more convenience and time savings, never mind how fancy first class service you get on regular commercial flights. Especially if you’re going somewhere where’s there’s no direct flight option. Just a single connection flight will cost an hour or more.