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Everybody you know and their mom will want a ride in your jet.
True. The jet is very nice to passengers.
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The FBO’s will salivate when you pull into their ramp and everybody will have their hand out.
This isn't as bad as you might think.
I haven't paid a ramp fee in years because you are buying fuel which usually waives ramp fees, and you are buying fuel at a good discount in almost all cases. Parking is more for the jet than the turboprop, but not hugely so.
I have seen cases where a turboprop parking charge is higher than a jet. Not common, but it does exist.
When you stay a long time, say a week, the parking charge can favor going to an airport with more expensive fuel.
For example, fuel is $0.36 more at KVNC versus KSRQ for me, but parking is $140 cheaper per night. That works out to 389 gallons per night, so it doesn't take long to favor KVNC due to the lower parking charge.
Mike C.
GRIN
