I've owned several airplanes with partners, always worked out just fine. Had a 172 in Poughkeepsie with a partner, we had an ad hoc arrangement on scheduling, work out just fine. Had a couple of partners on a Bonanza, after the first annual I ducked out!
Had 1, 2 and 3 partners on a Cherokee at various times, I used the airplane for business primarily, only occasionally on weekends, let the other guys fight out the weekend scheduling. In all cases split the fixed costs, left the airplane full of gas, any betterment work with a consensus.
Geo.
