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Originally Posted by corporatejay
Do people really think that it's worth it for the CEO of a major corporation to hop on a southwest flight to DC? Their time is pretty valuable, they can't hold a meeting or talk about strategy or do business on a southwest flight, or waiting in line for security. I get it, it looks awful, but come on.
Also with the private jets that oil companies have, they are necessary. With people flying up to the mine daily, it's a complete waste of time to take a commercial jet for a one hour flight.
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I believe they showed a flight departing from Detroit to Washington with virtually the same schedule as the use of the private jet. They further showed that there were a large number of direct daily flights to suit most any schedule.
They also showed that while he could have saved something like $19,800 flying coach (at least that much, as the $20,000 for the private jet at that time was only a rough estimated cost and could be higher especially when you factor in such things as maintaining a standing fleet of like 6 or 7 jets at any given moment) , he could also have saved something like $19,300 flying first class -- where he would have priority boarding/security status with similar (slightly longer but measured in minutes not hours) timelines to flying on a private jet domestically.
Claeren.