Charter & Fractional
Flight Options ponders cockpit commonality
Flight Options, the Cleveland-based provider of fractional-ownership shares in pre-owned business jets, has started to explore the possibility of developin

Flight Options, the Cleveland-based provider of fractional-ownership shares in pre-owned business jets, has started to explore the possibility of developing common cockpit layouts across most of its fleet.

“The avionics in our airplanes can be dramatically different from one aircraft to the next,” said Flight Options vice president Jim Miller, who is leading the effort to develop standard avionics for retrofit in the company’s airplanes. “In a Citation III, for instance, it can be difficult to transition from one airplane to another without having to learn the cockpit all over again. In fact, we dedicate crews to specific N-numbers.”