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11 Films for Your Flight
May 1, 2013
Robert De Niro in The King of Comedy
Last month in this space, I suggested some reading matter for the road. Now it’s time to talk about films for your flight.
6 Books Worth Packing
March 28, 2013
The second annual BJT Book of Lists—our follow-up to last year’s highly successful feature—won’t be published until June, but I can’t wait to get started. So here, in no particular order, are three novels and three nonfiction works that I’d recommend to anyone looking for books to pack for a trip. 
Up Front: April 2013
March 14, 2013
I have always maintained that the best people on our team–those who bring the most creativity and fresh ideas to the table–are the ones who have varied and passionate interests outside the office. Unfortunately, sometimes it seems that the world (or at least the workplace) conspires against us being able to develop such interests.
Bizav and Obama: Time for a Reality Check
February 28, 2013
President Obama has proposed eliminating a tax break for business jet buyers.
If I had to sum up the benefits of business jets in just one word, I might pick “convenience.” According to Wikipedia, “convenient procedures, products and services are those intended to increase ease in accessibility, save resources (such as time, effort and energy) and decrease frustration.”
When Seconds Count (Or Do They?)
January 29, 2013
On a business jet, seconds count—or do they?
“No traditional business jet will take you closer to the speed of sound,” promises Gulfstream in an announcement about its recently certified G650, which boasts a maximum velocity of Mach 0.925.
Up Front: February 2013
January 25, 2013
Up Front: February 2013
As I write this, the new year has barely begun, but it’s already clear that it will be a big one for Business Jet Traveler.
Singing the Legalese Blues
January 2, 2013
When John Adams proclaimed, “I believe in a government of laws, not of men,” he couldn’t have imagined just how many laws—or how much legal mumbo-jumbo—his descendants would have to endure. In his day, after all, people didn’t do things like put an empty sheet at the end of the Constitution labeled, “This page intentionally left blank.”     
An Open Letter to the Editors
December 4, 2012
S. Claus, a BJT reader, wants us to help him buy a bizliner.
This month, I’m turning my blog space over to the Business Jet Traveler reader who submitted the following letter.—Jeff Burger An Open Letter to the Editors of Business Jet Traveler:
Up Front: October 2012
November 13, 2012
Jennifer Leach English with daughter Araceli.
By the time we first discussed putting Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh on the cover of this magazine, I had already been a steady customer of the company for five years and knew all about its astonishing service standards.
Is President Obama Really Calling the Bizav Industry "Bad"?
October 18, 2012
President Obama
Virtually every industry and profession in America enjoys the backing of an association and its lobbyists.

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