John Kerry's $15,000! Haircut [not $1000 per Drudge]

4/27/04 | Self

[antaresequity]

$1000 dollar Haircut? Not By My Calculations

I did a little research. Then I went to an independent source to confirm that research. Here is what I found about the $1000 dollar haircut cost.

Corroborated by a phone call to Signature Flight Support in San Francisco [also located in DC], the Flying Squirrel [Gulfstream V] would consume approximately 660-700 Gallons [5500-5700 pounds] of Kerosene to fly from Washington DC to Pittsburgh.

Also Corroborated by Signature Flight Support was my calculated mileage including pattern approach and departure[300 nm x 2].

To fly a Gulfstream V to Pittsburgh, and back, from Reagan International would consume about 1300 gallons of JetA jet fuel, or approximately .46 miles per gallon.

Signature Flight Support indicated that Jet A kerosene is running around $2.00 per gallon. Not including crew costs, depreciation, applied maintenance, landing fees [fuel cost only], the fuel burn was $2600.00.

A Hummer could drive 13,000 miles [Nearly 4 times the distance between London and New York] on the same fuel load out.

When asked, Signature indicated that no way in the world could you round hop a Gulfstream V to Pittsburgh and back for $1000. Further, Signature indicated that to use a Gulfstream V for such a short hop was "not a very efficient use of resources", and "the jet could not reach its optimal cruise altitudes above 45,000 feet on such a short hop".

A phone call to NetJets revealed that the lease cost for such a hop, with no crew overnight would range around $15,000 dollars [includes, landing fees, fuel surcharges etc]

Kerrys Interview

Once Senator Kerry got to Pittsburgh he had these words regarding energy and oil:

SEN. KERRY:  ..... As president, I'm going to move the United States of America towards energy independence.  I'm going to set a goal, that by the year 2020, 20 percent of our electricity will be produced from alternative and renewable sources.  We'll create 500,000 new jobs doing that, Tim.  We can reduce our dependency on Middle East oil.  I don't think any young American ought to ever be held hostage to America's dependency on oil in the Middle East.  We deserve a president who wants to move America toward energy independence, clean energy, alternative energy.  We'll be drilling gas and oil for years to come, but we can move in a new direction and I intend to do that.

John Kerry is all wrong for America

Ref:

Signature Flight Support Jet Craft
Net Jets
Haverstick Consulting
Russert Interview Transcript

[jtminton]

I was listening to Hugh Hewitt yesterday and he said that Kerry's haircut cost anywhere from $1000 to $15,000. I wonder if he got that high estimate from this thread.

[heleny]

A phone call to NetJets revealed that the lease cost for such a hop, with no crew overnight would range around $15,000 dollars [includes, landing fees, fuel surcharges etc]

A color, haircut, and blowdry shouldn't take much more than an hour and shouldn't require an overnight. If he has weaves or any other type of partial hair addition, that might take a bit more time. Even if there's no overnight, do you have to pay when they are on standby? After all, the crew can't go home to relax, and the jet has to park somewhere.

As a Senator, he should've been back in Washington with the rest of the Senate long enough to get his hair done there if it were a normal haircut. (even though he's almost never there.) This must've been some hair emergency!

[heleny]

Does John help Teresa to follow Streisand's advice to hang their wet laundry on their clotheslines?

You don't really think Teresa does their laundry, do you?

[newzhawk]

"Tell her to wash Hillary's hair once in a while"How true. You can tell that Hillary is just sooooooooo busy that she waits too long to get a new cut- for her short hair it needs work every 4 weeks minimum- I am sure she gets extensions put in for her big debates as well- but during the time she is skulking around the Senate- she is a frump