It is said that a second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. The same might be said of a second attempt at buying a jet just a few months after having suffered a painful breakup. Things are surely different the second time around.
Let’s Try This Again
Key Takeaways:
- After a disappointing and costly first jet purchase driven by emotion, the author is making a more dispassionate and cautious second attempt to acquire an aircraft.
- The author has shifted from a Beechcraft Premier 1 to a more modest Cessna CJ1, prioritizing proven reliability, easier part availability, and their own prior experience and type rating.
- The new approach involves enlisting legal and maintenance experts, seeking aircraft with strong maintenance histories, and leveraging an aircraft sales team to secure a suitable CJ1 before it hits the open market.
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