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> $3,276 per flight hour [for a leased private jet]

I am no expert. But this seems cheap to me ?

Can you really cross the USA in a private jet for less than $20K ?

Edit: i am assuming this is not a new fancy Drone ..

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Per web search, that's a normal price. The question is if that's a good use of investor funds for a low value xompany.

Especially when the company has ties to the founder/CEO.

It's a matter of utility, not low value. One hour of rental jet costs like 33 $100 airline tickets: even considering saved time, many people need to go to the same place at the same time, and it has to be a rather distant place (Utah <-> either coast?), to make a rental convenient.

It depends, but smaller jets I’ve seen invoices for 12-20k several times.

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