At first, ease is to induce anxiety. What do you mean that I need to get to the airport only 20 minutes before takeoff?

My Flier frequent brain trained a long time ago to make quick arrival calculations at the several steps airport: subtract 15 minutes from the takeoff time for when the door closes, then another 30 minutes or more for safety, and another 20 minutes if I am checking a bag. If I am taking a taxi from Manhattan to any airport in the New York area, those are another two hours to account for traffic, road closures, tunnel backups, bridge closures … you get it.

But today I am not flying out of Laguardia. I am flying with JSX, an operator Charter of Payment per seat, from his hangar in Westchester County, New York, to the Opa Locka Executive Airport in Miami. When flying from private terminals without collection like these, which are generally reserved for airplanes, JSX can accelerate each step of the previous process.

Disassembled from my normal reflight routine and carefully calculated travel mantras, I’m not sure what to do with myself. Surely JSX no in fact Do you want me to arrive 20 minutes before takeoff? I check your emails and then record the application, which requires only one click, and an emerging window confirms that, in fact, it really means 20 minutes.

Somehow I am still convinced that I will miss this flight and that I have also used the wrong attire for a private jet (SEMI). But as the margaritas last night, they make their way through my system, I am grateful for the additional two hours of sleep, this flight has allowed me.

To distract me during the one -hour train trip from Manhattan, I play in the JSX application. While this lifestyle is not cheap, it is not as expensive as I thought it would be. Unidirectional tickets can be as cheap as $ 249, depending on the route and season. I see some unidirectional rates between Westchester and Miami as low as $ 519.

With 20 destinations in the United States (Cabo San Lucas in Mexico), most JSX flights operate in western United States. Some connect with the main centers such as Denver, Los Angeles, Austin, Dallas and Houston. Other fly to smaller cities that are not frequently served by the main airlines, such as Lajitas, Texas; Taos, New Mexico; and Carlsbad, California. From Westchester, JSX flies seasonal routes without scales to Florida destinations such as Naples (daily flights five days a week), West Palm Beach (daily flights seven days a week) and Boca Mouse (daily flights five days a week).

While I stop at the Hangar Private in Westchester an hour before, the 20 -minute rule begins to make more sense. There are no lines, crowds, traffic, or terminal rooms long to cross. I am one of the first to arrive.

My flying partners begin to drip in half an hour later, and it turns out that I have seen myself well. It seems that most people have just left the bed, adequately enjoying their minimized travel window and sharing anything of my private anxiety.