A Concrete Example for Why

How do I answer the question - why do think using a private plane is better than the airlines? Here's a situation that illustrates my answer:

A couple of weeks ago we had a piece of networking equipment fail in an office about 200 miles from the IT staff location. We were faced with three options -

1. Ship the part overnight, which would mean that payroll for that location would not be turned in on time. Not an acceptable solution.

2. Drive to the location with the part (since this site has no nearby airline service). This would cost 3 hours in round trip travel time and would mean that our technician would not arrive home until after 8pm. Doable, yes, but not he best work/life balance that could be achieved.

3. Fly a private plane to the site to replace the part. This would take a total of 2 hours and 45 minutes round trip, would get the site up and running nearly 2 hours earlier, and at no additional cost to the company over driving.

Obviously we chose option 3. It was both faster and cheaper than our alternatives as well as a perfect example of how a small plane can benefit your business. I'll have another scenario next week.

Until then, clear skies and tailwinds!
Mike