A buyer with $50 million wants to fly seven people from London to São Paulo. Steve Varsino rules out a Boeing 767, which would need 30 staff and massive operating costs, and narrows it to the Gulfstream G650 or Bombardier Global 6500 for the 5,800-mile range required.
Hey Steve, I just expanded my business to South America and I've got $50 million to spend on a jet. How many people you want to carry? Uh, just me and 6 of my girlfriends.
6 girlfriends? You don't have enough money to spend on the jet left. How far do you got to go? From London to São Paulo. London to São Paulo. Okay, so let's take a look. We take this thing to $50 million, okay, and we take this to a range of about 5,800 miles, and we're looking for something relatively new. Here's some of your choices. So we have the Gulfstream G650.
Wait, wait, Steve, what's that one?
That's a Boeing 767, man. This is for a lot of people. You don't even You really need a whole contingency of people. You need security people, you need housekeepers, you need probably about 30 staff. If you don't have 30 staff, you're going to get lost in this thing. You don't want to get it. And by the way, the maintenance costs, the operating costs will really not be happy.
Alright, I trust you, Steve.
Okay, so let's go back. Either the G650 or the Global 6500. Let's compare these two airplanes. Where do you want to start from?
Uh, I want to start from London.
Okay, let's start from London. Really, from London, you can go anywhere you want within South America, Africa, and
