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Old Dec 17, 2009 | 2:43 pm
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Paolo01
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Originally Posted by mrswirl
This is true.

I happen to know a pilot for Netjets and we got to talking about this subject one day. The truly wealthy and VIP enjoy a fundamentally different kind of travel experience than you and I ever will.

It really is a completely different world for those that can afford it.
I was invited to watch the crew turnover of a NetJet once. I did not see the client that had previously used it, only the crew turning the plane over to the following crew who was flying it to pick up another client for another trip. I realized then and there how trivial my 1P status truly was. Let's just say that those utilizing even these shared/fractional ownership jets are never discussing how warm their nuts were or whether the chapagne was really French (Check out the BA Champagn thread). Nor are they the slightest bit troubled by IROPS.
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