Private Jet Charter

I've always dreamed of chartering a private jet.

There are two ways to fly: the way we are forced to fly and the way they have the good fortune to fly. This we has long longed to be a they, if you gather my continental (airlines) drift.

We are forced to get to the terminal two hours before departure. They roll up to the jet when they're ready to take off. We are faced with whoever happens to be sitting in the row with us. They control the passenger list. We are forced to endure airline food. They get whatever they order.

I'm planning to fly cross-country for a business conference this spring. Now I'm not a big fan of flying and I can't stand to spend an entire day flying through a pair of connecting flights. Unfortunately, the conference is being held in a city that is unreachable via non-stop. How nice would it be to charter a private jet to get there in half the time ... and on my own schedule, no less!

Private jet charter is the wave of the future, or so we're being told. Companies like Berkshire Hathaway's NetJets are making fractional ownership of business jets a reality for many a firm. At least that's what I've read in the Oracle of Omaha's must read annual reports.

Alas, private jet charter is out of the financial reach of this geekbook author ... if only I could write something fabulous on the topic of private jets, perhaps I could hitch a ride!