The Economics of Owning a Private Jet

Everyone assumes a private jet is the ultimate status flex — buy it, fly it, done. Wrong. It's the fastest way to turn ten million dollars into a monthly bill. A jet that never leaves the hangar still costs thirty thousand dollars a month just to exist. So what are billionaires actually paying for when they buy a jet they barely fly? In this video, we break down the brutal economics of private jet ownership — from the hidden six-figure maintenance reserve accounts nobody mentions at the sale, to the fractional-ownership empire Warren Buffett quietly built with NetJets, to the two jets the U.S. government seized from Sam Bankman-Fried after FTX collapsed. Subscribe!