Whether for Business or Pleasure, Private Jet Charters are a Great Way to Get You to Exeter

Pilots can make very good money as a private jet pilot. A private jet pilot is a pilot who charters famous people or really wealthy people. A pilot who charters a private jet can make well over one hundred thousand dollars a year. There are pilots who work strictly for one company. A pilot’s job is to charter the corporate workers to meetings that are in other cities. A company will pay a pilot by salary. There are companies that will pay a pilot a high hourly wage to fly the private jet. The businesses will even pay for the pilot’s hotel room and food and spending money when they travel. Each company that hires a private jet pilot will have different requirements that the pilot must meet in order to get hired. Some companies want the pilot to have a certain amount of hours in the air before they hire them.

Having a private jet aircraft was once reserved for oil barrens, business moguls and rock and roll bands. A private jet is pricey, it requires continuing maintenance, pilot salaries are high and federal hoops are in place to jump through concerning airworthiness and safety regulations. For individuals and even many businesses, the cost of buying and maintaining a private jet is out of reach and not cost effective. A viable alternative may be private jet charters.

For many large corporations with continent hopping executives, traveling by private aircraft can be a cost effective business tool. Charter aircraft companies are located all over the globe in the major airports and chartering a private jet comes with endless options for scheduling and offers passengers luxury, convenience and impeccable service.

Private jets for charter come in a number of shapes, sizes, configurations and with different speeds and range. There are six categories from very light to super heavy jets. Very light jets like the Cessna Citation carry 2 to 4 passengers, have a cruise speed of nearly 400 mph and a range of 1300 miles. The Learjet 55, a midsize jet, carries 7 passengers, has a speed of 450 mph and a range of 2500 miles. On the far end, the Boeing business jet has room for 50, a speed of 470 mph and a range of 7000 miles.