Think of the environment, Buttjuice, and switch to this form of flying, in order to help address the climate change issue!
Posted on 01/06/2023 12:56:14 PM PST by Rummyfan
Embattled Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has come under fire recently for basically being terrible at his job, has also been criticized for his regular use of private government jets, a practice he tried to defend during an appearance on Fox News.
It did not go well.
“You’ve been a big advocate for the environment—the administration’s climate change policy. What do you say to people who ask, is it environmentally responsible to fly on private government jets when commercial options are available?” host Bret Baier asked.
“Well, when we’re making a decision about what kind of aircraft to use, we weigh a lot of things. That’s one of the things we consider. So is saving taxpayers money. Now, I fly the majority of the time in economy class on an airliner, just like everybody else,” Buttigieg claimed. “But there are cases where we use an FAA jet, a jet that’s assigned to my department. I’ll give you an example. I went to Wisconsin recently. This was last year, I think. […] We saved taxpayers $2,000 by using the FAA jet instead of buying those airline tickets.”
After Baier pointed out several other private jet flights Buttigieg has taken, the secretary claimed, “taxpayers are usually saving money when we do that.”
The FAA reportedly charges federal agencies $5,000 per hour for the use of a private jet. According to a recent analysis of his flight records by the New York Post, Buttigieg has used private jets 18 times since taking office. His predecessor, Elaine Chao, was criticized for using private jets seven times in 2017.
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It’s sort of like having a 6000lb Govt owned Suburban deliver your bicycle close to the office so you can fake biking to work...
Right...it’s a classic “under the radar job.”
Marko
ALL elected and appointed officials should be required to fly coach. Give POTUS a few seats for the football carrier and a secretary and maybe a SS person.
Democrat or Republican, these people are our servants. They deserve no more privacy than any employee of Burger King, NONE of them are good people and all, from staffer to POTUS should be audited, along with all immediate family members and business associates, every year, with the results released to the public.
They should also have to forgo any profit from any books, just like any other criminal.
No private jets, sell AF1 and if we get another rich person they should still have to fly cattle class.
Good people don’t go into politics.
Yup—if the plutocrats get called out for hypocrisy over and over and over again....
They will keep doing it anyway!
That is how sociopaths roll.
Private jets are cheaper? Not likely.
The ease at which the bullshiite spews from these people...
Ain’t that the truth!
buttplug is lying
it is NEVER less expensive to fly a private jet than be a passenger on a commercial flight!
they would use up more money in fuel just taxing than he would pay to fly commercial
Hwy, he is just of the elites in the government now. When he speaks, all fall down and obey and don’t dare question him.
We saved taxpayers $2,000 by using the FAA jet instead of buying those airline tickets.”
= = =
OK, Good.
Now supply FAA jets at all the major airports to save the citizen travelers from buying those tickets and costing them $2000 extra.
He only flew private jets to save the government money. Yeah, right!
I think buttboy actually believes that
Soooooo, who is the Secretary of Transportation?
On his own dime? Maybe. As a Cabinet member? Ha! Liar until we see travel records. Only the gov’t proles have to fly economy unless they have miles they can use.
btt
Is there enough disinfectant to clean up Buttplug’s seat?
One would think that Buttplug would like forward to getting groped by the TSA.
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