| Let's face it - while commercial air carriers are more | | | | therefore, it is in their interest to pack as many |
| economical from a standpoint of financial cost, if you | | | | people on each flight as possible. Small wonder that |
| are in a field in which time equals money, chances are | | | | reports of passenger rudeness and even violent |
| you won't come out ahead by taking a scheduled | | | | behavior has increased in recent years. It's not only |
| commercial flight. Commercial flights operate on their | | | | uncomfortable, it's unhealthy. How many of your |
| own schedules, and are confined to certain routes | | | | fellow passengers are ill with bronchitis, the common |
| that may require that you fly to destinations that are | | | | cold, or worse? In addition, water systems in |
| out of the way and actually change planes - | | | | commercial airliners often contain bacteria, since these |
| increasing the chance that luggage will be misdirected, | | | | systems are not always flushed out regularly. Would |
| or even lost. | | | | you really want a drink with ice cubes made from |
| This is just once you get onboard. If you have had | | | | that water? |
| any experience flying commercially in the past five | | | | With a privately chartered flight, you not only travel |
| years, you know about the endless lines, the | | | | in greater comfort, you are in greater control. Many |
| strip-searches, the check-in lines...all of which add up | | | | charter companies can have an aircraft ready to take |
| to wasted time that might better have been spent | | | | you anywhere in the world with as little as four |
| preparing for that all-important presentation or | | | | hours' advance notice - and that means anywhere. |
| business meeting. | | | | Charter flights can take off and land from virtually |
| Even once you're on board and in your seat, is it | | | | any runway in the world, whereas commercial airlines |
| possible to get any sort of meaningful work in a | | | | are confined to about 500, internationally. Depending |
| typical airline seat? It's doubtful. Today, you are | | | | on your flight budget, you can charter a small |
| crammed into a noisy, cramped cabin with anywhere | | | | piston-engine plane that can take you up to 1,300 |
| from 100 to 350 other chattering, fidgeting | | | | miles in about three hours quite economically, or hire |
| passengers - and even first class or business class is | | | | a private jet that can take up to 14 people in |
| no panacea. | | | | comfort to any destination within a 4,300 mile radius |
| This brings us to the subject of comfort. Commercial | | | | in less than eight hours - no lines, no changing planes, |
| airlines typically operate on a narrow profit margin, | | | | no lost luggage - and no headaches. |