Chrysler spun off thier Corporate Av unit off ten years ago as “Pentastar Aviation”. I used to work for them.
While the media gets caught up in the “Executive Perks” BS, they forget to mention that GM, Ford, and HONDA all run large corpjet operations as basicly a scheduled airline, from the HQ to the outlying plants in the US and abroad, running everything from Employees going to/from training to boxes of widgets needed to keep a line running in Rockford, or such.
In many cases, it’s EASIER, CHEAPER, and exposes the company to less liability, to run thier own scheduled services to places like Kokomo, Indiana, or Bowling Green Kentucky to Detroit, than it is use someimes unreliable commercial service.
And while Reid whines about those CEOS coming to Washington on a BBJ, he says NOTHING about his own use of those same corporate jets when he and his fellow DEMS use them!!
Honda builds airplanes now. Specifically, fuel-efficient small corporate jets, complete with Honda-developed jet engines:
Yes, that's right. Honda makes airplanes. So should a Honda exec get called to Washington to testify (they're not going to be asking for a bailout, that's for sure), flying commercial would be a BAD thing for them because it would show no confidence in the Honda product.