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charlesdenault | 10 years ago | on: Show HN: SimpleCharters – Compare and book private jets online

Thanks for the feedback! We're working on a more elegant solution to handle the alternate airports, balanced field length, etc. We're erring on the safe side right now, but there are always these edge cases.

As far as the prices, we're working on adding more aircraft everyday (lower repositioning costs, greater aircraft choices, etc). I'd love to ping you for some further discussion, especially around alternates.

charlesdenault | 10 years ago | on: Show HN: SimpleCharters – Compare and book private jets online

Thanks for the feedback! Feel free to shoot me an email at charles at simplecharters.com, I'd love to take a look at the searches and see why there was such a discrepancy.

charlesdenault | 10 years ago | on: Show HN: SimpleCharters – Compare and book private jets online

I submit this a couple years ago before the product was even built. Unlike other players in the space, we're not dealing with empty legs or per-seat pricing. Everything shown is guaranteed and processed in real-time. Feedback is always welcomed!

charlesdenault | 10 years ago | on: Biotech in the Garage

With a formal education in biology, I've always thought the industry was much like the computer industry a few decades ago. Jobs & Gates arguably took something that was limited to corporations and Universities, and brought it to the masses. It's a matter of time before there's a startup that revolutionizes something from their garage. Just think where we were before PCR was around, imagine what's next? With open source tools, OpenWetWare, etc, it's lowering the barriers to entry. Who says it's restricted to pharma and human clinical trials? There's plenty of room for innovation in many other areas (GMOs, synthetic bio, methods, tools).

Plus, Bill Gates (loosely) agrees. [0]

[0]: http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/heres-to-you-biolo...

charlesdenault | 10 years ago | on: To Apple, Love Taylor

That's astonishing. I'd be interested in seeing some more statistics on the amount of lobbying vs market size compared to other industries (e.g. Transportation, Hospitality, Pharma).

charlesdenault | 11 years ago | on: Skeleton 2.0 CSS Framework

It's hundreds of requests like this that create bloated UI frameworks!

charlesdenault | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: Steal back your productivity

In Chrome when going to https version of a blocked site, I get the "Error code: ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED" instead of the inspirational quotes!

charlesdenault | 13 years ago | on: Guide to Tech Interviews

Your site was throwing some DB connectivity errors...

charlesdenault | 13 years ago | on: Simple Charters: Instant Private Flights

Took that down.

charlesdenault | 13 years ago | on: Simple Charters: Instant Private Flights

Exactly.

charlesdenault | 13 years ago | on: Simple Charters: Instant Private Flights

For short flights, a heavy jet wouldn't be cheaper. But when you start looking into singles, twin engines or turboprops the prices for a short flight can become very competitive and affordable... especially when time is factored in.

charlesdenault | 13 years ago | on: Simple Charters: Instant Private Flights

Thanks for all the great input, especially the stock image and the bootstrap bits. That's since been fixed. It's tough to see this stuff yourself when you're staring at a problem for hours.