DayJet Announces Service Region, Plans

DayJet announced that it will serve all the airports in the FAA Southeast US Airport Facility Directory (A/FD) ... almost. Readers from Kentucky should know they will not be included in the initial service launch.

As for the reason for this post, I almost hurt myself laughing when I read this.

WARNING: The quote presented below has been known to cause loss of physical motor control. This weblog accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any injury that may result from continuing to read this post.

DayJet has 239 Eclipse 500s on firm order, plus 70 options, all planned for delivery within 24 months of beginning operations. -- Graham Warwick, Flight International

I have lived long enough to learn that there are a several simple rules to live by, for example:

1) Avoid consumption of mass-produced fish
2) Avoid buying the first model year of a new car design


NEW: 3) Avoid air travel in newly designed, mass-produced aircraft.

Scary. If they can, great. I'll wait until Eclipse produces serial number #601 about 5 years from now to work out the bugs before I hop on board.

Here is Cessna's production in 2005 for comparison.

During the year, Cessna delivered 249 Citation jets, 822 single engine pistons, and 86 Caravan single-engine turboprops.

Cessna Aircraft Company is a subsidiary of Textron Inc. (TXT), a $10 billion, multi-industry company with 46,000 employees in 36 countries.

Now, here is some insight into Eclipse:

And as it ramps up production to 130 jet planes this year, Eclipse will nearly double its work force to 1,000 employees by the end of the year, Raburn said.