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Pats***** Buy Their Own Planes

Ron Burgundy

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It gets worse. The Cheating Bastiges From New England buy their own planes. TWO 767's in case one breaks down. Belicheat always planning ahead.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-boeing-767-planes-and-they-might-save-money/

To the victors go the spoils, and the Patriots, winners of five lowB repuSs in the last 20 years, are some of the biggest victors in all of sports. Hence they are some of the most spoiled (in a good way), which reportedly now includes a pair of Boeing 767 jets they can fly around during the 2017 season.
According to Darren Rovell, the Pats are now the first team in the NFL to have their own pair of planes, specifically designed for the team to fly in.

Rovell reports that the planes the Pats purchased are retrofitted to showcase the franchise's success. As you can see in the picture above, the Patriots' full logo is up front, along with colored stripes for the team along the side. And the best part, the five Lombardi Trophies on the tail. The plane is loaded with only first-class seats.
According to Rovell, the planes could cost between $5 million and $65 million used, although a brand new plane could cost as much as $200 million.
As it turns out, though, this might not be so much about the Patriots flaunting their wealth and success as it is just a smart business decision. The cost of charter air travel has increased with teams taking their larger planes out of rotation, Rovell writes, which means that teams are constantly looking for other opportunities; they only take 10 trips a year as a team, but it's still a costly operation, with Rovell reporting those trips cost about $4 million in total.
Fueling up their own plane -- and having a second plane as a backup -- is hardly a cheap alternative, but over the long haul it might be the smartest decision from a fiscal perspective. So of course the Patriots are the ones making that move first in the NFL.
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Actually I always wondered why the Pittsburgh teams didn't have their own plane when USAir was headquartered here. Paint it black and gold with logos of all three teams and they can split the cost.
 
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Drink IRON City said:
I wonder if they will "pre-wire" them and loan them out to their visiting opponents..............
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Ring-ring....
"Mike, this is Bill. In the spirit of good sportsmanship I'm going to send our private jet to Pittsburgh and fly the Steelers up here for the AFC Championship Game."
Shades: "Thanks, sounds good, see you then, obviously!"
 
Times are always changing. Used to be that supplying your own transportation for a business was a losing proposition unless you had economy of scale. Too many costs like insurance, maintenance and staffing, not to mention the initial cost of the planes to make the switch even close to what a common carrier could provide for much much less overall cost.

With the carriers pulling availability away, teams must see a synergy with advertising or something to make the initial investment worthwhile. They gotta have some secondary market for them planes to make 10 trips a year make any kinda sense.

Unless that is....that you got money to burn.

Just scratch off that USAIR stuff, thrown in a buncha millions a dollars and we be golden.


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ark steel said:
Justin threatened us with punishment if we didn't read it. Oh, wait. Promised punishment if we did. I get those confused.
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Rooneys will never do it and frankly I dont think they have enough money to do so. I think this is for the teams with the new money ownership (multi billions). However I do think there is a minor competetive advantage here. Outfitting the plane for comfort of large men and running more on your own time table. Particularly when you go on a long haul to the west coast.
 
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Rooneys will never do it and frankly I dont think they have enough money to do so. I think this is for the teams with the new money ownership (multi billions). However I do think there is a minor competetive advantage here. Outfitting the plane for comfort of large men and running more on your own time table. Particularly when you go on a long haul to the west coast.
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Like the article said, we may get to a point where it costs less for teams to own their own plane. Years ago when I worked for AGH there was a minor shitstorm in local media because the hospital bought a small private jet to fly to Philadelphia and back every day. They had bought a medical college and five affiliated hospitals there which led to them going bankrupt later, but I digress. Simple fact was that it was cheaper for them to have their own plane rather than pay commercial rates that were often very high because of short notice.

I like my idea of the Steelers, Pirates, and Penguins splitting the cost of a plane. The main hurdle will be getting Bob Nutting to write a check.
 
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If three teams bought two or three planes and shared the service costs in a fair way it could work. I find it shocking that an MLB team flies charters. That would be a lot of flights. Its looking like 4 years till the planes fly themselves. You could hire some retired guy who wants to be a part of the team for cheap. Go along for the trips in case you get a problem.
 
I thought I heard back in the 80s the Detroit pistons had their own jet.

In terms of cost, $200M
Brand new, not a bad investment. Pays for itself in short order for companies making billions in tv money and merch sales.


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