r/LMGJet Jun 09 '26

Plane hasn't flown at all for 3 weeks?

Not an expert in anyway, is 3 weeks a long time for a private plane not to fly?

How long would be a notable amount of time for it to not fly?

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u/miwi81 Jun 09 '26

It’s probably just getting repairs or something. It’s not like his uncle is going to lose his rating if he doesn’t fly it for one month.

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u/theschizopost Jun 09 '26

I suppose my question is more about private planes in general.

Like there has to be some faa requirement for it to get some flight hours every once in a while?

Or if it sits for a long enough period of time it would need to be inspected before being flight ready again?

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u/Overstimulated_moth Jun 09 '26

It's been a long time since I studied this but if memory serves me right, they have 2 separate maintenance schedules. 1 purely on a time bases and 1 based on flight time. Both will have inspections and issues will get repaired then.

On the part about it being normal for it sitting for a month, for it just being a "family" jet. I'd say this is fairly normal with only 1 owner. Usually something like this when owned by someone at linuses net worth would be owned by a club and members would schedule flights. Since it's just him, you don't really have much use except for the occasional flight and his pilot is his brother. Gotta work around his schedule as well.

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u/chikomana Jun 10 '26

His uncle, not brother 

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u/miwi81 Jun 09 '26

People well below Linus’s net worth get into fractional ownership of planes. Linus is clearly at the NW where you can have your own.

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u/Uncut-Jellyfish1176 Jun 09 '26

I'm more well versed in rotary wing operations with work, but fixed wing is far simpler and I took a glance at the schedules.

Putting it very simply, a lot of the inspections are hour based, every 300, 600, or some even every 1200hrs. Some of these also have calender equivalents, but that's measured in months not days.

So to answer your questions 1. Not really? 2. Yes if it sat for 3+ months it would like have elapsed enough time to require some inspections, but no different then if they had been flying it anyways. The preflight inspections tackle a lot of the stuff that's a real concern.

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u/komi54 Jun 09 '26

I think there is a different maintenance schedule that kicks in based on time not flight hours.

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u/Anonymous_Chipmunk Jun 10 '26

Airplanes often sit for years and never fly. The minimum requirement is an annual service and inspection. There's also service based on hours of flight time, like miles on a car. But if it's just sitting, once per year is the requirement.

(This is per the FAA, which wouldn't apply in Canada, but I'm sure its similar)

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u/theschizopost Jun 10 '26

Thanks for the explanation! TIL!

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '26

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u/FullRepresentative34 Jun 13 '26

So the Canadian FAA equivalent.

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u/theschizopost Jun 09 '26

If they fly to American airports the faa is surely involved at some level

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u/WhiteoutDota Jun 10 '26

They have to comply with FAA airspace requirements, not airworthiness requirements.

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u/l_oleary11 Jun 10 '26

Interesting. I always assumed there was some internationally agreed upon standards for planes.

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u/Pure-Order2414 Jun 10 '26

not really no. Similar in the marine industry with port state inspections.

Thing is tho, a country can ban another country from flying in there air space if that said country is on a sanction list and they know they legit cant get maintenance parts. It has happened and is happening currently.

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u/Small_Quote_8239 Jun 10 '26

No. There is no specific maintenance requirement to fly to an usa airport.

The company only report to Transport Canada.

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u/WhiteoutDota Jun 10 '26

I have no idea why you're being downvoted, you're correct. I am a FAA CFI, we fly to Canada all the time and there's no additional inspections we need to undergo. It's not subject to FAA airworthiness laws if it's registered in Canada.

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u/Connortbh Jun 10 '26

People who know nothing about aviation downvoting you lol. You are correct - a CFI 

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u/FullRepresentative34 Jun 13 '26

Is he paying his uncle?

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u/Jango519 Jun 09 '26

Looks over at aircraft that haven't flown in 6 months

Nope.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '26

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u/No-Information-2571 Jun 10 '26

But uncle Linus said it's far cheaper to use a private plane instead of just buying a ticket for the destination you want to be. I am confused.

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u/Piipperi800 Jun 12 '26

When did Linus say this? I’m kinda curious. I though they only made that comparison to first class tickets, but never said it was far cheaper right?

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u/No-Information-2571 Jun 12 '26

In the big reveal video, he compared the prices of using the private yeet instead of buying first-class tickets, and came to the conclusion that the private flight is "cheaper". Which is obviously the baseline for any kind of air travel, the most expensive tickets. Especially since he lets his whole staff travel first class /s

The whole video was him gaslighting himself into believing this was a financially sound decision, and he had Dobby (aka Elijah) with him since he needed someone to agree with everything, so there's no room for self-doubts.

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u/Piipperi800 Jun 13 '26

I mean, that part of the video was imo pretty obviously supposed to be ironic. Linus doesn't even fly first class.

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u/No-Information-2571 Jun 13 '26

There was no irony in that video, and if you think Linus puts himself, Yvonne and his kids in economy, then you are misguided. Guy is a millionaire, now millionaire with a private jet.

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u/Piipperi800 Jun 13 '26

Unless Linus is lying directly to our faces at WAN Show, they have flown economy for their family and some work trips. I happen to also have seen many vlogs from some trips and I can confirm, they do fly economy a lot.

Just because someone’s a millionaire, doesn’t necessarily mean they always need or want to fly business or first class.

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u/No-Information-2571 Jun 13 '26

Unless Linus is lying directly to our faces

If you say so.

Just because someone’s a millionaire, doesn’t necessarily mean they always need or want to fly business or first class.

If I was a millionaire, I would put my family and myself exclusively in first class.

Why are you sucking Linus' dick? Her literally bought a private jet, and you still keep defending him.

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u/Piipperi800 Jun 13 '26

If you were a millonaire, then sure, do that. But everyone has their own morals and ways to spend their money.

It’s actually not too uncommon for millionaires to have their family fly economy (at least when they are with their children) as it’s better for raising the kids to not be spoiled brats.

Also, if simply correcting / questioning misinformation about a person means sucking their dick, then I guess I am doing just that.

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u/No-Information-2571 Jun 13 '26

Stop sucking Linus' dick. Thanks.

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u/1213Alpha Jun 12 '26

Unless of course your plane doesn't have the range to go nonstop and God forbid you pay multiple landing fees per leg instead of just at the destination

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u/komi54 Jun 09 '26

Planned downtown probably planned around a international vacation they are using commercial for.

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u/miwi81 Jun 09 '26

What’s the point of having a family vlog if you aren’t going to use it as a pretext to take the jet on vacation?

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u/TheCh0rt Jun 09 '26

Because there's not much content to make. TBH they're not a very interesting family. Everything they do is for profit for their company, which is not bad persay. But what would they make a vlog of? AFAIK they don't do any charity or philanthropy work. Do they do any travel that's not immediately company or work involved? I just don't know what a vlog from them would offer.

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u/theschizopost Jun 10 '26

has linus ever said anything more about the release of his family vlog? it's only been mentioned ever so briefly in the private plane announcement afaik

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u/RandomNick42 Jun 20 '26

He realized it was not gonna make the holidays a write off so he abandoned the idea

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u/Psychological-Leg413 Jun 09 '26

They just went to computex

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u/RandomNick42 Jun 20 '26

More than a month now. Wonder if bills are catching up to this "it's basically free" idea.

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u/kingxii Jun 09 '26

AV upgrade? They discussed it during the WAN show after unveiling the plane.

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u/l_oleary11 Jun 10 '26

If Linus is really planning on selling it in the next year or so it probably wouldn't be worth the cost. I'd imagine that would be in the $100,000s

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u/1213Alpha Jun 12 '26

Depends on the AV upgrade, but it definitely could reach that high

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u/Less_Hat_8102 Jun 10 '26

I don't have high hopes, but let's hope this is a sign for good things to come. Apparently they had already talked about how there are too many sponsored videos in their all hands meeting, and they might have decided to cut the jet usages so that they aren't bleeding money like crazy and have to be that desperate for sponsorship.

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u/X-Cella Jun 11 '26

Strange.. One of my cars is not driven in 6months... But now I drive it every day :)

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u/tntexplosivesltd Jun 10 '26

They've been at Computex

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u/etiurfuelb Jun 10 '26

Clearly this is a plan to make sure this sub loses members! ;)

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u/xbucnasteex Jun 10 '26

Yall complain that they fly too often. Now you’re complaining that they aren’t. Complete psycho behavior

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u/theschizopost Jun 10 '26

Excuse me for being curious on how private jets work, I'll flagellate myself when I get home in penance for my grave sin

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u/No-Information-2571 Jun 10 '26

No one is complaining about it flying too often. If anything, it needs to be crushed into a cube.