Re: Scram Success

From: Dave O'Neill (daveon_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: 23 Nov 2004 02:36:37 -0800

simberg.interglobal@org.trash (Rand Simberg) wrote in message news:<41fa4016.655972628@newsgroups.bellsouth.net>...
> On 22 Nov 2004 08:08:18 -0800, in a place far, far away,
> daveon@gmail.com (Dave O'Neill) made the phosphor on my monitor glow
> in such a way as to indicate that:
>
> >> >At least two companies have announced plans for new supersonic business
> >> >jets at the last NBAA convention
>
> >> Yes, and Boeing announced it's "Sonic Cruiser." It never happened. I
> >> predict that these won't either.
> >
> >For what it is worth, I agree with Rand.
>
> I feel compelled to add that I predicted at the time that it would
> never happen, because it made no sense. People weren't going to be
> willing to spend a lot more money on a ticket just to go a little bit
> faster. They will to go a lot faster, but not to go a little.

That was pretty much my feeling on it. Besides, unless the "Cruisers"
got some kind of special treatment in airspace they'd be losing the
advantage gained in a holding patter. I've been up to an hour early
arriving from the US in the morning coming back to the UK and lost all
of it stuck in a stack trying to get a slot in Heathrow. Unless
you're flying to quiet regional airports, which doesn't make huge
sense, you still have to get through normal traffic.

If you could do the "lot faster" for similar ticket prices to Concorde
or a NetJets then maybe, any more than that and I don't think there's
anybody on the planet who's time is worth that much - at least from a
business perspective. There's always the thrill seeking niche.

Dave

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