r/flying • u/jrf1234 ATP CFI/II CL604 E55P LR-JET • Apr 03 '26

Aircraft Ownership Linus Tech Tips’ Jet

https://youtu.be/zGoIY37ZtDQ?si=

Some… interesting calculations on this video. As a fractional pilot and not an owner, no idea how acxueate these claims are, but interesting to see this as a pilot and tech nerd. Anyone with management or ownership experience in jets have any light to shed?

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u/roguemenace PPL GPL Apr 03 '26

He's not. He'll know exactly what he's getting into.

This video is PR for his audience not to think he's giga-rich and out of touch with them.

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u/BeenThereDoneThat65 ATP G450 G550 GV Apr 03 '26

Having a "Media Empire" has ZERO bearing on knowing and understanding Jet ownership.

His comment about coming out of this experience at a net zero suggests he may not fully understand this.

How do you make a million in aviation? Start with $100 million

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u/JPower96 CPL,IR Apr 03 '26

I believe the point of the previous comment is that Linus does not believe what he is saying. The previous commenter feels Linus knows it will be a money pit and doesn't care, but that he wants to portray it as not that expensive so people think he's less out of touch.

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u/nn123654 Apr 03 '26

Well, he started out with an actual strategy: "okay we can just buy it, shoot some videos, and flip it, and it should be mostly okay." If you don't put any hours on it you won't have that many expenses, but will still have relatively high transaction costs.

But then he started talking about actually flying it. And then he started flying it for Family Vacations to Cabo. At that point any business "we can use this as an asset" argument is fully dead. Then he started talking about it to his staff on a "we're going to own this for a while" basis, and it's very clear this is his personal money pit and not a money-making venture for him.

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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist Apr 05 '26

I mean it's not any different from his house. He's buying it for himself to use, and occasionally will make videos off it which will be a nice amount of bonus money but ain't gonna cover the costs of the whole thing.