THE RICH AND FAMOUS CAN TELL YOU: As with yachts, horse farms, and prenuptial agreements, a private jet can be a huge money drain. So why not split those costs with others who wouldn't be caught dead waiting in airport security lines? Such is the appeal of fractional jet ownership. Over the past 25 years, a small number of companies have sprung up to meet the needs of the jet-sharing set, mixing air transportation with inflight dining and lavish passenger compartments to rival the swankiest hotel. The most prominent of these ventures, with more than 6,300 employees globally, is NetJets. Each day without relent, teams of Netjets dispatchers, meteorologists, reservationists, and other specialists at the company's sprawling operations center in Columbus,
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