Originally Posted by
Leyland1989
I would take a Challenger 850 (the dreaded CRJ in VIP config) over any commercial jets barring a few.
Sadly my employer only has a couple Pilatus PC-12 (although they have been floating the idea about getting some PC-24), a CRJ tube would be a huge improvement, so size does matter though context is also important.
Generally speaking, most companies with private jets used them for efficiency and will have a combination of Private versus commercial. Walmart is a great example and there’s a cool video on the Toi-Tube elaborating on it.
Closer to home, at a Canadian aircraft manufacturer that shall not be named, a team needed to be in Wichita to solve important issues. Montreal to Wichita on commercial is the better part of a day's travel were using one of the jets was same day back and forth. Same team with same priorities needing to go to Toronto would fly commercial.
When flights get longer the relative time savings of private drop significantly, and the relative cost increases (a TATL capable jet costs between $6k and $9k per hour to operate). So on say YUL-CDG an employe would save maybe 3 hours on a 7-hour trip. For a 7x cost difference.
And most of those I know who work for companies with private jets capable of TATL flights, they much prefer a pod on a widebody over the corporate jet as the corporate config is basically a small recliner style seat or a couch.
Much like everything else in the world, long flights on Private jets look a lot better on Instaface than they are in reality.
As for the PC-12…love those!!! I’m totally in.