Ford Motor company has put up one if its prize possessions for sale, by all accounts a victim of the public relations nightmare set off when chief executives of the Big 3 US automobile makers flew their business jets to Washington last year to ask Congress for money to keep their businesses operating.
While those of us in the aviation industry know why taking the private jet to DC makes sense (security, value of time, efficiency, connectivity, etc etc), this practicality often conflicts with the romantic notions of the general public about business jets -- corporate fat cats having Roman orgies in their aerial chariots with gold trimming.
Though some of these aircraft are indeed chariots, see for yourself if Ford's Fokker F28** on sale now at Airliners.net, fits the bill....
The sellers don't think so either.
Their sentiments at the bottom of the ad are Ford Tough as well:
"Corporate aviation witch-hunters take note....there are no staterooms, showers, hot tubs, or gold-plated shuffleboard courts visible anywhere in the cabin. Simply 48 business-class seats, perfect for transporting a number of employees from one location to another without paying them to wait in security lines, sit in the airport during delays, or deal with lost luggage."
**N324K is colloquially known as the Fokker 70, a newer version of the F28 developed in the 1990s. Officially, per its registration, the aircraft is an F.28 MK 0070.**
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