TaxSrv wrote:

I don't think it was purely the airplanes themselves that
catapulted Cessna to the top of the bizjet market relatively
quickly. I suspect it was also at least partly due to all of
the pilots trained in Cessna's who now fly for, or own,
many of the companies that fly Cessna jets.

Matt


I have little clue on that, but I would say that these are
hard-dollar propositions, with many competitive choices, new or
used. A corp's flight dept, or outside consultant even, in an
ideal world should do a purely objective analysis for top
management. Nevertheless, I suspect a more common personal bias in
the process is where a turboprop may be the correct choice, but the
guys would really rather pilot a jet!

I dunno, but do you think where a company upgrades from the rather
ubiquitous King Air, they'll tend to buy a Beechjet? Comparative
jet shipment stats don't look conclusive in that regard. Maybe
there's a growing factor in the female voices I'm now hearing
working radios in these things. Not to stir up trouble, but just
what is the cutest bizjet they make? :-)

Well, I've talked to a few folks in corporate procurement and flight
departments, and you would be surprised how much "other" factors beyond
cost weigh in. Things such as which jet the CEO likes or which interior
the CEO better half likes. Anyone who thinks selling bizjets is based
mainly on the objective analysis is deluded indeed. :-)

Matt