A 17-minute flight? The super-rich who have ‘absolute disregard for the planet’

The Guardian ^ | 21 July 2022 | Oliver Milman

[Lockbox]

flight that lasted just 17 minutes.

I would guess that the taxi-time was longer...... normally it is about 24 minutes a flight.....

[Alas Babylon!]

The other day on Fox News’s The Five, Whorealdo was bragging about his electric car and so he doesn’t worry about gas prices.

Gutfeld then told him he has to use his EV to drive back to Cleveland (from NYC).

Whorealdo said, “No way! I’d have to stop every 100 miles. It would take several days!”

Basically, he admits to owning the EV so he can boast about it. Not drive it.

[The Louiswu]

“ Overkill for a 17 minute trip.”

Nope. It’s her money and if that’s the way she wants to spend it then good for her. This USED to be a free country and it was your God given right to be stupid as well as well as anything else you wanted to be as long as it didn’t infringe to on the rights or freedoms of anyone else, her flying 17 min in that jet didn’t infringe on me or mine in any way shape or form. It may not have been the smartest move or the most economical but that’s freedom baby.

[dfwgator]

“Think I’ll buy me a football team!”

[Night Hides Not]

Jerry is flown all over DFW in his helicopter. Nobody says squat about that.

OTOH, the less I hear about Jerry, the better.

[Manly Warrior]

Who cares, its theirs to do as they will. I burn wood, drive a full sized V8, a diesel RV, even do not bother with sorting trash. MYOB.

Oh, I use Roundup.

[utahb52]

Was the pilot close to going non-current on takeoffs or landings. Maybe she was doing him a favor.

[Glad2bnuts]

Before we get to banning automobiles, how about we ban private airplanes? I don’t care if they can afford the fuel and the hardware, they can ride the bus or the train, or fly commercial.

You all KNOW they are going to ban private automobiles, so how about we recruit the rich and powerful onto our side by taking THEIR luxuries away first. My theory says that they will fight hard to get rid of the stupid global warming crap if it affects them. While we are at it, ban all private ownership of powerboats. Let the rich ride it out on sailing ships. Anything over 40 foot is a waste. By the same logic, this will treat the rich like us regular folks.

[shotgun]

She could have taken the train there in 1 hour and 40 minutes per google earth

[Textide]

Sometimes an operation needs to do a relocation flight that is that short. If this was her own personal jet, with no other customers pending, then it was pretty stupid from an optics perspective but it was her jet and her right.

A person that owns a jet can request that it do holding patterns in the sky until it needs to land for lack of fuel. That’s their right as an owner.