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flying first class, flying charted, leasing a jet, owning a jet Perhaps counterintuitively, going from first class to charter/leased flights is a safety downgr
by inejge 3y ago
flying first class, flying charted, leasing a jet, owning a jet
Perhaps counterintuitively, going from first class to charter/leased flights is a safety downgrade. Search for accident statistics on the NTSB site and you'll see that Part 135 flights (smaller aircraft, including business jets) have 3-4x the accident rates compared to Part 121 (large air carriers), arguably because Part 121 regulations are much more stringent. Here[1] is a very recent leased jet fatal accident, for example.
[1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/09/plane-crash-i-75-naples-florida/72542835007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/09/plane-...