You’re so close to getting it…..

Pine Tree Power will have to subcontract operations to another company. So you may own the plane, but you still have to pay a “BUTT LOAD OF PROFIT” to whichever company they contract to do that.

To stick with the plane metaphor; you’re buying the plane from United just to say you own it, but then you’re contracting it to Jet Blue, because you don’t know the first thing about plane ownership.

So now you’re paying back the loan you took out to buy the plane, AND you’re paying jet blue to manage it for you.