| While casual travelers may (and do) charter private | | | | a smaller community such as Yakima Washington, |
| aircraft for transportation, the choice is more typically | | | | Ogden Utah or even Rochester New York, |
| based on questions of time versus money. Chartering | | | | you’ll be forced to take connecting flights that |
| a private aircraft is by no means inexpensive, but | | | | can add time and inconvenience to your itinerary. |
| while money may be in abundant supply, time is a | | | | (We won’t even go into the issue of lost and |
| finite resource. For example, if $10,000 spent on a | | | | misdirected luggage.) |
| charter flight results in closing a deal in which time is | | | | A privately chartered aircraft can take you to any of |
| of the essence, and that deal is worth several million, | | | | over 13,500 airports and fields worldwide – |
| than the $10,000 charter fee is money well spent. | | | | directly from any location you choose. Since the |
| This is perhaps the primary benefit of chartering a | | | | companies that provide charter flight services are |
| private aircraft. Whereas with commercial airlines you | | | | under private ownership, they are exempt from |
| must show up two hours in advance of your | | | | many burdensome regulations to which commercial |
| departure time, stand in line for security checks then | | | | carriers are subject. This is not to imply that safety is |
| stand in line again for check-in, that is two hours that | | | | compromised; quite the contrary. This freedom from |
| might have been better spent planning and preparing | | | | regulation allows air charter companies to be far |
| for that important meeting. In addition, commercial | | | | more discriminating in their hiring practices, being able |
| airlines are severely limited as to the airports to which | | | | to conduct the most rigorous background checks on |
| they have access. In fact, altogether the commercial | | | | all personnel. In addition, many private charter |
| airlines of the world have access to no more than | | | | companies provide their own trained security and |
| 500 airports across the globe. It is also highly | | | | screeners. Since these people are dealing with far |
| improbable that any given airline with have direct, | | | | smaller numbers of people, they are able to be much |
| non-stop flights from any given airport to any specific | | | | more thorough in their jobs – meaning greater |
| destination. If you live in Los Angeles and need to fly | | | | security and peace of mind for you as the traveler. |
| to New York – or you’re going from | | | | Private air travel is not for everyone. If you are |
| Seattle to Tokyo – then you won’t | | | | among those for whom time is money however, it |
| have many difficulties, albeit on the airline’s | | | | can very well be the most economical choice for all |
| schedule – which may or may not be | | | | your travel requirements. |
| convenient for you. On the other hand, if you live in | | | | |