Posted on 02/15/2018 5:50:21 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
It seemed like it could be the great mystery of our time: What unspecified threats require Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Scott Pruitt to fly almost exclusively in business or first class? A spokesperson told CBS News on Tuesday that "due to security concerns" the secretary "has a blanket waiver to fly in first or business class,"
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Hey, hey, EPA
Why don’t you just go away?!
translation: To avoid confrontations with Alinskyized SJW left-wing activists in coach.
After reading a few other comments about him, it appears that he is trying to do so, incrementally. Good on him!
Hey hey, Ho ho,
EPA has got to go!
I see nothing wrong with a department head flying first or business class.
I spent 6-7 hours sitting in coach yesterday. I’m 6’ tall. On one flight the guy next to me was a few inches taller. Neither of us could move, stretch or really even shift our weight. There was no way to use a laptop or read a report without prying eyes. That can be done easily in First class with the larger seats and more privacy.
I fly 5-6 times a year so it’s manageable. I imagine a cabinet secretary flies almost weekly. I admire the Trump administration requiring commercial transport, but in the case of certain cabinet members. first or Business class is an acceptable thing.
I think that’s the best idea. The enviro whack jobs are physically dangerous.
The head of a large federal agency should get business class at the least. No other reason should be required.
Yes, I know the EPA shouldn’t exist.
I think he’ll end up saving us enough to buy a fleet of private jets and have lots left over...
So, he’s playing the Queen Sheila Jackson Lee card.
But how many hours did that train take you.
I recently had to travel from Baltimore to Providence, RI for business.
Drive was 7 hours each way.
Train was 7 hours each way and about $300 round trip
Plane was about an hour and $175 round trip.
Because I had a lot of gear, I chose to drive but the train was never a consideration.
The nine hour drive from Baltimore to Detroit is posted as 17 hours by train. Nope.
Perhaps I’m wrong, but I gotta wonder how prevalent such tactics really are on board a commercial flight. Disruptive passengers are subject to removal by air marshals.
Honestly, I’m not terribly opposed to first class flights (heck, with lots of travel, he’d probably have upgrade privileges anyway), but the explanation comes off sounding like a lame excuse... if this is a serious problem, then there are ways to have it dealt with.
I don’t have a problem with Scott Pruitt flying business or first class. Cabinet members are busy people with a lot of responsibility and they don’t need to prove anything by sitting wedged in the middle seat in coach.
They are also apt to be targets for people on the other side of the political spectrum. He probably would be subjected to constant unpleasant interactions from taxpaying Ahole democrats. That’s a hostile work environment and I wouldn’t want to be subjected to it either.
No Shit. Coach SUCKS!
Curious if many proggie sites post photos of people like him to help their minions ID and harass them...
I'm sick and tired of those Washington gluttons luxuriating at the public trough.
So if Trump’s people fly private, they’re humiliated by the Dems. And if they fly public, they’re supposed to take abuse from the Dems. I think a deal that gives them the public flight with some separation makes a great deal of sense. Federal government employees often don’t have a choice about traveling. That sort of constant harrassment while they’re traveling isn’t a requirement for the job. He’s doing JUST what we want him to do. He’s taking down the EPA, bit by bit. Give him a little leeway to do it. Enough of the cranks go after him when he can get away from them. Traveling, he’s stuck with them. Keep the cranks away.
Why can’t he just get Sheila Jackson Lee to book his travel? First class for the price of coach.
Considering that many Earth First ! members along with ALF & ELF are scattered all over the USA, perhaps we shouldn’t be so quick to deride Pruitt’s comments.
However, he is a pretty bland/common looking person & unless he also has SS security, I don’t think that many other passengers would even recognize him.
Since Trump promised to end the EPA, perhaps when that job is accomplished, Pruitt can work in another cabinet post, where he isn’t in such daily danger.
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