[rattlsnak]

The ratio of buying vs chartering is @250 hours a year. Once you cross over that number, its cheaper to own. (for same size aircraft). I see our flight department numbers every month and it certainly aint cheap but significantly less than posted above. Our hangar fees are roughly $4K a month and base fuel farm is @$2.35 a gallon and we burn on average 400 gallons per hour. Our DOC charges are @$3,500 and hour so we roughly plan for @$5K an hour but fuel is a big factor as fuel in places like BOS is $6-7 a gallon. It averages out to be @$2,000,000 a year for 350 hours NOT including MX which can be VERY expensive and usually another 1M a year.