WheelsUp Sale!

[killbilly]

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[bp]

*Limit 10*
"Dangit!"
-said no one, ever

 

[Minuteman]

Their website says:

• $17,500 initiation fee
• $8,500 annual dues starting in the second year
• $3,950 per hour

Say, six four-hour round trips per year (avg 2 hour legs), that's $18,716 per trip ($4,680/hr). Do they charge a sales tax, airport fee, or tourist tax?

 

[alaskadrifter]

Good thing my wife has a Costco card...

 

[Skåning]

Is the dude who's been an employee since 1995 still gonna need to smack my receipt with that highlighter as I exit after splashing out for the wheelsUp?

 

[derg]

“Need a box?”

 

[CFI A&P]

I’m surprised no one posted this one yet:

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[jtrain609]

I’m surprised no one posted this one yet:

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Now THAT is impressive.

 

[bp]

Peekaboo

 

[Skåning]

Lifting his leg to mark his territory. Silly slowTation

 

[Murdoughnut]

It's pretty cool how they handle the ESPN Gameday transportation. Herbie left Baton Rouge on an UP King Air 350 at 12:15pm and was in Ann Arbor in time to call Michigan/PSU with a a 3:30 kickoff.

 

[AAPalmTree]

It's pretty cool how they handle the ESPN Gameday transportation. Herbie left Baton Rouge on an UP King Air 350 at 12:15pm and was in Ann Arbor in time to call Michigan/PSU with a a 3:30 kickoff.

He went from Pullman WA to FL a few weeks ago. I hope he didn’t do that in a king air.

 

[NickH]

Their website says:

• $17,500 initiation fee
• $8,500 annual dues starting in the second year
• $3,950 per hour

Say, six four-hour round trips per year (avg 2 hour legs), that's $18,716 per trip ($4,680/hr). Do they charge a sales tax, airport fee, or tourist tax?

I'm not up on Charter rates, but that seems expensive....

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Well if it flies, floats, or *****, .….........








........... rent. With a COSTCO card.

 

[SeanD]

Its a confusing ad. At first glance it appears like Costco is selling Citations for $15k and members can’t purshase more than 10. That’s an outstanding deal.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Can I fill up on free samples instead?

 

[Roger Roger]

 

[killbilly]

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GAMA supplies the pilots to WheelsUp.

The WheelsUp business model is interesting. Some of their guys attending NBAA were staying at the same hotel I was (I was in town for a different event) and we got to chatting over a number of nights.

The 17,500 buys you the membership - you still pay by the flight hour, but there are different rates for different aircraft. Given their target market, the re-up for $8500 a year is a almost a rounding error to that clientele. They seem to pay all right given the equipment and job - even as an FO you get PIC typed in the 350...although they do want ATP mins for that same FO role. <shrug> For the right person, flying for them doesn't seem like an awful gig.

 

[Roger Roger]

GAMA supplies the pilots to WheelsUp.

The WheelsUp business model is interesting. Some of their guys attending NBAA were staying at the same hotel I was (I was in town for a different event) and we got to chatting over a number of nights.

The 17,500 buys you the membership - you still pay by the flight hour, but there are different rates for different aircraft. Given their target market, the re-up for $8500 a year is a almost a rounding error to that clientele. They seem to pay all right given the equipment and job - even as an FO you get PIC typed in the 350...although they do want ATP mins for that same FO role. <shrug> For the right person, flying for them doesn't seem like an awful gig.

College buddy of mine left a regional for one of them...GAMA or Wheels I have no idea...but he seems pretty happy.

 

[KLB]

GAMA supplies the pilots to WheelsUp.

The WheelsUp business model is interesting. Some of their guys attending NBAA were staying at the same hotel I was (I was in town for a different event) and we got to chatting over a number of nights.

The 17,500 buys you the membership - you still pay by the flight hour, but there are different rates for different aircraft. Given their target market, the re-up for $8500 a year is a almost a rounding error to that clientele. They seem to pay all right given the equipment and job - even as an FO you get PIC typed in the 350...although they do want ATP mins for that same FO role. <shrug> For the right person, flying for them doesn't seem like an awful gig.

Gamma manages Wheelsup's airplanes. Just as a management company can add a plane on its certificate to be flown 91 and 135 for a client. Well Gamma manages Wheelsup's entire fleet.