 Personal Jets, Corporate Jets are faring much better
Wall Street Journal had an article today on "Demand Soars for
Firms That fit Out Private Jets", where it reported that demands
for "transport-sized personal aircraft" soared recently...
Of course, after the burst of each stock market bubble, money
did not evaporate, they were simply pocketed by a small
group of people, no longer available to the rest.. But I digressed.
I had a conversation with a couple of pilots flying a Gulfstream like
jet waiting for the owner(s). They told me the fuel burn were
about 1000 Gallons/hour. These people flew very frequently.
Coincidentally, my kids were trying to convince me to get
a hybrid car arguing that reduction of each 1 gallon of gas
per day is equal to about 10 pounds reduction of CO2 in
the air. Each year, we would reduce more than 3000 pounds
of CO2.
But that can only canels out ~ 20 minutes of jet travel. Since
these jets fly 300-1000 hours a year, to cancel out the emission
one such aircraft made, we need all families of the two local
schools (400-500 families per school), to each save one gallon
of gas per day.
Since the business of the business jets is booming, for each one
getting into service, we'll need to find two such schools and have
their families to save 1 gallon of gas per day.
Oh, the privately owned 737 and 747's burn far more fuel than
the gulf streams.
Compare that to the struggles among the GA pilots, it is not fair.
I definitely think we need to have special laws for any private
travel machines burning more than 100 gallons/hour. And give
them a special classification, Jet-GA, vs the Piston-GA.
As the concentration of wealth intensifies, the private jets will not
only dominate the GA airports, they will suck away the oxygen too.
I have no sympathy for restrictions on jet use at GA airports.
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