High altitude and high finance mix well for corporate executives Pat Howe, left, and Robert Quinn of Imperial Oil, one of many Canadian companies to f(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: High altitude and high finance mix well for corporate executives Pat Howe, left, and Robert Quinn of Imperial Oil, one of many Canadian companies to find private jets good for business. Howe, who does public relations, and Quinn, who is responsible for maintenance, relax in one of Imperial's two Grumman Gulfstream jets. Planes save time and wear-and-fear, but no one claims they're cheap to fly. Gulfstreams cost more than $6 million today, but Imperial got its latest four years ago-a bargain at $3.7 million. Two jets average 50 hours flying a month.