@@parimal7528 true, empty legs cost money, but there’s a lot of outflow if you’re not chartering your own. One unwarrantied repair can wreck the books for a year. With chartering, it’s someone else’s problem.
@@sidneyshaw9205 those parts of flights such as required repositioning where there’s no passengers. They lose money. It’s like dead heading in trucking. Financial loss.
The company I retired from had one of these along with a Citation 560. They skidded the X sideways on a gravel runway and it was totaled. No one was hurt. It collapsed a gear and sucked gravel in the engines. They have a PC-12 as a 2nd aircraft now. The 560 even had a cargo door put in it. These are used mainly to fly employees around the state for work.
Calling the Citation X an EX is like calling an iPhone X an EX. It's known in the industry as the Citation TEN. The review is otherwise very well done.
There are people that call it the iPhone X. I don't like it when people call it an iPhone X, but I call the plane a Cessna Citation X, not ten. I think it's because when I first saw the name, I didn't realise that "X" refers to its Roman numeral, and when I eventually found out; I was already too set in my ways. I mostly just say "The Cessna citation X or ten" when speaking to people though
very nice looking private jet from Cessna. thanks very much for making such educative and entertaining videos always. it is indeed a great motivation for some of us to always create very good similar content.
This is a Stand up cabin luxury class and for that between it’s worth spending the money on leasing one depending upon how many hours or places you have to be at for a company meeting. Buy one now before the feds ramp up the interest rates
Ya, it's a 10...non-pilot types narrating don't know these things, plus it wasn't a ground up new design. It's largely based on a Citation III (3) fuselage and cockpit platform that was modified. Just look at prev gen jets and it's obvious.
Correct. Almost all the older Citations up to the C750 are numbered using Roman numerals. X is the Roman numeral 10. My uncle used to fly one for 10 years and we've talked about it many times, especially since it's my favorite biz jet. I never once heard him call it the "ex". I've also met several other C750 pilots as well as having a friend who does line service at an FBO and they all call it the Citation "ten". Furthermore, I've seen numerous videos of C750 pilots and THEY all call it the "ten" because it's called a Citation "ten" or just "the ten" for short.
"Cessna's award winning service." Which award would that be? Slowest? Least-responsive? I have an AOG for SEVEN(7) MONTHS because Cessna is too interested making new aircraft instead of supplying parts for existing ones. It's a part that Cessna makes in-house, so can't blame this one on supply chain.
@Joseph Bloe Lockdowns are different than COVID, and should be addressed as such. We had a hell of a time getting parts for our DA40 because Austria's been locked down so much.
I'm gonna' get my hands in this Powerball thingy, 613knots sounds good to me !! I'd love to be able to say I had a 172, and it just wasn't doin' it for me...hadda' get something better lol
This airplane does not go 613kts unless he meant ground speed with a nearly 100kt tailwind. Mach .92 at altitude is about 520kts/600mph. You also won't be able to go anywhere near that range at that speed. You'd have to be considerably slower.
I was getting about 6 gallons per hour fuel burn with my Cessna 152. When I got my new X, I was surprised that my fuel burn went up so much. WTF. I'm now burning more than 150 gallons of Jet A per hour now. Sure, I go faster, but speed costs. I wish somebody woiuld have warned me.
@@parimal7528 Duh. Right. Ok, I"m going to return the X and go find me a less expensive Midsize. I asked mom, and she said I can spend up to 10 Mill- so the Phenom is mine.
Sounds to me like I’d be much better off with a charter, lease or fractional ownership service at those prices. Especially since my usage would be no more than about 100 hours per year.
Not fond of the term “real” as used in the title as all costs are real. I presume variable exits as to ownership expenses and in this case it’s just how this case’s expenses add up.
I'm watching a video about an aircraft with a new cost of over $20M and annual cost of $2.5M-$3M -- and it gets interrupted by a commercial for a Toyota Corolla. Something isn't right...
If you have to ask how much it cost you can’t afford it. What surprised me is the pilot salary. Compared to the grind of commercial airline schedules, the private jet assignment would seem to be a piece of cake.
Citation X is definitely the fastest, but it’s far from the most popular. It was discontinued because it WASN’T popular. Citation longitude is the bad boy right now.
There are a few flaws to the commentary. FIRST, it’s a Citation 10, NOT X. Also, it’s FAR from the Most Comfortable jet in its class. This aircraft was designed for speed and many things were a Direct compromise. No Flat Floor and seat/shoulder space, small galley etc., all borne of the fuselage profile designed for Speed. The aircraft has proven to be an Absolute niche aircraft demonstrated by the limited production numbers. If you are counting minutes in a Coast to Coast flight, this is the plane. If you can afford the 20-30 additional minutes in the air, there are literally DOZENS of aircraft with larger more comfortable cabins with a lower fuel burn that can do the job. Can’t call the aircraft a Fail but it only appeals to pax where time is Genuinely more valuable than Money.
I say you shave almost a full hour and when you compare the fuel burn for that extra hour it about evens out. I believe this burns about 330 a hour compared to 285 on a similar in its class. Yes you do sacrifice some comfort for that speed.
Full on waffle … repeat after repeat … and such idiotically simple detail. Shared out slowly to get the viewer to the end of the video … this generates more cash. So it’s slow for a purpose ..
You're better off flying first class each and every time, and is even more roomy and comfy. The business model of private jet ownership just doesn't work.
not a good comparison, with commercial flights you have to fit in with their timetable, you have to go to a big international airport to another, maybe far from where you want to go, you have to go through all that airport security which takes time, if you miss your flight then what? you can't change your plans once your on your way, plus no social distancing etc etc, if u have the money then it's a no brainer to either buy or charter a private jet. If the business model as u say doesn't work then why do almost all successful people use one. Time is money I live in Budapest, lets say i want to go to Teesside, where i grew up, a small regeional airport, i would have to take at least 2 flights to get there and would take me all day to get home, with private, i would be there in 2.5hrs