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Originally Posted by Azure
Can Obama even travel without using a private jet? For security reasons.
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I don't see a situation why he wouldn't be allowed, he isn't the current President after all and the country's government doesn't depend on him.
That being said, I do know former President's are given lifetime Secret Service protection. The security detail may recommend flying private aircraft for a variety of reasons.
Modern day President's have jam packed schedule's for a bunch of events, even't which earn them millions and millions of dollars and require their time to run like Swiss watches.
I recall when Obama came to Canada a few months back for his speaking tour. I was able to track his private plane via Flightaware.com and it looked something along the lines of this from what I recall.
Flew from Washington, DC in the morning to Winnipeg for an early afternoon speech.
Flew from Winnipeg to Calgary for a 7 pm?? Speech. Appeared to spend the night in Calgary.
Flew from Calgary to Vancouver for a lunch time speech before departing for Utah where he was attending a tech conference.
Probably made at least $1 million in fee's for 3 speeches in a little more than 24 hours spent in Canada. With that type of earning power, why bother wasting your time, safety and comfort traveling with the rest of us?