Why I Want a private Jet
Private Jets and Stewardship
Vincent Bacote
October 1, 1998
Here's a question: How many Ph.D.'s do you know who own Lear Jets? Your answer is almost certainly: none—Ph.D.'s and private jets don't make a pair. Well, I have a little confession to make: I am Ph.D. student who has wanted to own a private jet for as long as I can remember.
I admit that I hadn't thought about private planes for a few years until late 1995, when I moved right into the flight path of the Morristown, New Jersey airport, where private jets and other small aircraft fly in and out constantly. Every day, almost without exception, I can hear the roar of executive jets as they fly overhead. If I'm outdoors, I usually look up and think about how cool it must be to fly around in one of those things.
1995 was the year I came to Drew University in Madison (next to Morristown) to start my Ph.D. program in theology. I wanted to focus on my development as a theologian, preparing for a future as a theology professor somewhere. I had no idea that I could get my private jet fix every day.
This isn't the first place where I've lived among the upper classes. Before moving to Madison, I spent five years in the nicer parts of Lake County, Illinois. Mercedes, BMWs, Jaguars, and the occasional Ferrari were commonplace (the Bulls' Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan both lived nearby). When I first arrived I gawked a lot, but that wore off as the trappings of affluence became standard fare. (There were, however, occasional debates with my fellow seminary students about whether pastors could legitimately own exotic cars.) Now all that seems to have changed. When I look at the Lear Jets that go overhead daily, or when I pass the Jaguar dealer a half mile to my east or the BMW dealer two miles to my west, I find myself asking: Who owns ...
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