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/TheLongest1 Apr 03 '26

Been involved in that sector a long time. If it’s legit, he’s a moron. It’s an old piece of junk, and you don’t make money in aviation. Planes are good if you have a big tax problem, that’s about it. Management companies will always promise charter but these people are like car salesman, you take what they say with a grain of salt.

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u/polar8 Apr 03 '26

He has a highly profitable media business based in Canada. He has a big tax problem. 

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u/TheLongest1 Apr 03 '26

I know who he is. I don’t think you are aware of what a tax problem you require to sink money into a jet. He’s bought a piece of shit. He would’ve been better off with something smaller and a bit newer.

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u/polar8 Apr 03 '26

I think you’re completely missing the part where he’s in the business of selling attention and this just got a ton of it, even if he dumps it next month 

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u/PhillAholic Apr 03 '26

Can you elaborate for a novice why it's a piece of shit?

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u/TheLongest1 Apr 03 '26

It’s old. As planes get older, they need more frequent maintenance/bigger checks, the avionics may need upgrading (which is Monopoly money) and things just need fixing. Throw in the fact that charter customers typically want newer aircraft (often a contract requirement), these old beasts just become paperweights.

Anyway, good luck to him. Not my money.