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["Bill Geschwind" <geschwin AT email.unc.edu>]

You're right, it makes no sense to have a 747, or any kind of plane for that
matter, sitting on the runway for more than a few seconds or so. How would
other planes be able to take off and land? Having it sit on the ramp, now,
that's a different matter...

Also, return on investment?? If you're rich enough to be able to afford such
extravagant indulgences as having a private 747 standing by for your kids in
college, are you really going to worry that much about ROI? For Middle
Eastern heads of state having a private jet is a status symbol, not a
rational investment. And besides, in the world of status symbols, what is a
measly, rickety, old leased 747SP anyways? A private 747-400 on the other
hand, like that of the Sultan of Abu Dhabi, now THAT's money!
(http://www.airliners.net/open.file/373331/M/)

:-)
Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org 
> [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf 
> Of Thomas Beckett
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:00 PM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Unmarked Boeing 747 At RDU
> 
> 
> childers.paula AT epamail.epa.gov wrote:
> > never mind a week or so - how about a month or 36? and what 
> about the
> > cost of having a pilot in reserve, a flight crew, a 
> maintenance crew, or
> > just the cost of the damn plane itself!!
> 
> Of course it makes no sense to have a 747 sitting on the 
> runway if all 
> you're using it for is back and forth between semesters.  But if you 
> factor in shopping trips to New York and London, plus the occasional 
> weekend in Monaco or Rome, then you start to see the real return on 
> investment there.
> 
> TaB
> 
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