Do you think Linus is going to just get sick of it and let it rot before selling it? He seems like the stingy type to stop spending money on the maintenance schedule.
He's out of luck if he does that, the TCCA probably doesn't fuck around.
Even if he mothballs the plane, if he doesn't cough up the maintenance cash, it will have it's registry cancelled and it would be a paperweight, he's forced to keep it in flying condition if he has any hope of recovering his investment.
I wonder if anyone would want to get mechanx or whatever online program dassault uses for their maintenance manuals just to look at exactly what was needed to fix the power winch for example. Or what the procedure was to get the overhead panel illumination to work again since he said he was "buying different power supplies" and other shit that did NOT sound right at all.
I looked around and it seems Dassault copyrights their manuals, so it's behind paywalls or you're forced to buy a paper copy.
About their maintenance shit, unless he does flight spec shit, he won't be able to clear the regulations to fly the damn thing, he can't jury rig the wiring on the plane, it has to be spec or a flight certified upgrade to the power system.
But even if he just has to randomly get his uncle and some other rando he knows to fly for him they still need to shell out the money.
That is another danger point, his uncle might either be pressured to be lax, or get too comfy working for a family member, and the worse pay you get, you get the worse pilot.
Linus sounds like the kind of dude that would be the boss dude in a mayday episode, i'm certain he can't hear a no and won't trust the judgement of the pilot.
A lot of famous people die in their private jets/helicopters because they push their pilots/mechanics openly or their pilots subconsciously feel pressured to bend the rules for them in the risk of losing their jobs or their bosses admiration.
Do i think he will crash? probably not, but he will be bankrupt in 24 months if he doesn't sell this plane.
I think someone duped his ass into buying that plane, probably some retard at the local rich club or golf club or wherever the fuck he went, or worse, he googled it up one night in curiosity and saw the listing and became obcessed, either way, no one sane or who actually respects their finances and company would ever buy that fucking plane if they were in linus's shoes.
I've said already way back in the thread, he could have bought the same kind of capability for the same price at 1/3-1/2 the operational costs if he choose a twin engine, if he bought a smaller jet, he'd be able to hire only one pilot and keep a 6-8 seat plane for hundreds of thousands instead of 2 million a year, much, much cheaper despite the similar to higher initial purchase price.
