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Markets in everything, aviation edition
Georgia corporate pilot Bob Smith has a soaring sideline: helping couples join the infamous "mile-high club." For $299, he'll take a frisky twosome past 5,280 feet in a Piper Cherokee 6 fitted with a mattress. The hour-long [TC: only?] flights out of Carrollton, Ga., (details at milehighatlanta.com) have lured couples from as far as New York.
Here is the full story. 3/4 of the flights are booked by women, and not by male partners. Not all couples want their names on the certificate, and yes you get to keep the sheets.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on September 9, 2006 at 06:47 AM in Economics | Permalink
Comments
Doesn't all the "up a bit, down a bit" tend to confuse the pilot?
Posted by: dearieme at Sep 9, 2006 7:29:58 AM
Unbelievable. A Cherokee is a pretty small plane. Doesn'tthe pilot get feet in his back? Or worse...
Posted by: Stuart at Sep 9, 2006 9:25:13 AM
The Cherokee six, as the name implies holds six (or possibly seven) so it wouldn't be too bad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Cherokee_Six
Posted by: Alex at Sep 9, 2006 10:17:13 AM
5,280 feet (1 mile) is nothing. Denver is exactly 5,280 feet above sea level. I wonder why they picked the same number.
If all that separates the pilot from the couple is a curtain, that’s not very private. At least a door would help. You know that pervert pilot has some camera installed somewhere.
No lubricants, creams or handcuffs allowed: TSA regulations.
Posted by: Chairman Mao at Sep 9, 2006 5:02:22 PM
PS: Why not just use the lavatory on a regular flight? Buy tickets on Priceline; it will cost less; probably just as kinky.
Posted by: Chairman Mao at Sep 9, 2006 5:09:29 PM
I thought this was a family blog...
Posted by: Andrew at Sep 9, 2006 7:59:04 PM
Keeping the sheets is a marketing gimmick which relates to the expectations of the next couple. We can be assured of fresh bedding.
Posted by: triticale at Sep 9, 2006 9:25:48 PM
Cross-ref:
http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=04232003
Posted by: Thon Brocket at Sep 10, 2006 11:52:31 AM
This is creepy and Chairman Mao is right. There's a camera hidden somewhere.
Posted by: eriks at Sep 11, 2006 9:41:53 AM
This is activity might get you arrested on a commercial flight these days, imagine mom ready the in the newspaper (unlike the good old days).
So hoorah for free enterprise.
Now where is that camera?
Posted by: save_the_rustbelt at Sep 11, 2006 2:12:02 PM
Sad. The whole point is that you're not allowed to do it. Sack up people!
Posted by: Jone T at Sep 12, 2006 1:34:17 PM
