Posted on 01/29/2019 2:49:54 PM PST by NRx
Tesla chief Elon Musk’s corporate jet flew more than 150,000 miles last year, or more than six times around the Earth, as he raced between the outposts of his futuristic empire during what he has called “the most painful year” of his career, according to flight records obtained by The Washington Post.
The billionaire executive’s frequent travel on a private plane was paid for by Tesla, the cash-burning automaker that faces billions of dollars in debt and has laid off thousands of employees within the last year, including slashing 7 percent of its workforce this month.
Musk’s jet logged more than 250 flights for his work, pet projects and vacations across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East during a year when he said his electric-car giant was losing up to $100 million a week and teetered on the brink of collapse.
But Musk’s relentless schedule was eased by a level of convenience and luxury few but the ultrawealthy can afford. Some of the flights were recreational getaways for Musk or his family, while others involved moving the plane from one side of Los Angeles to the other to help Musk shorten his commutes.
The company will face questions about its spending when it reveals its annual earnings report Wednesday, and investors will be looking closely to see whether Tesla will squeeze out a profit despite deep losses earlier in the year.
The frenzy of air travel was a key part of Musk’s journey to becoming a global celebrity, showing how suddenly his attention could switch between his ambitious ventures on cars in California, batteries in Nevada, tunnels in Chicago and rockets in Florida.
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It reveals he has lots of money...............
He works like 120 hours per week.
Sucking up billions in gubmint money is hard work.
It means more people need to buy “green” Teslas to offset his private jet, to like offset global warming and stuff.
The media hates Musk as much as they do Trump. Both Musk and Trump, as businessmen, avoid buying advertising. The auto industry, especially dealerships, buy a lot advertising. Tesla doesn’t have dealerships and it doesn’t buy advertising.
Of course, hit pieces like this make the FR Musk haters happy.
WaPo and their minions scared to death of SpaceXs successes.
Making America Great Again cannot be allowed!
“luxury few but the ultrawealthy can afford”
Baloney. $44,000 is in range of most middle class car purchases. $110,000 fits low-upper class (doctor/lawyer/etc making a good buck).
Musk is a guy that could use and afford a supersonic private aircraft.
That’s a whole lotta jp8.
5.56mm
If he gets his spaceship approved for human flight he can do that distance in nine hours.
When he opens his Tesla plant in China they’ll clean his clock
I’m surprised it’s only that many miles. Palo Alto to Beijing/Berlin is 6,000 miles. 150,000 miles is 12-1/2 round trips to Beijing/Berlin. Just as well. I doubt his health could deal with many more episodes of jet lag.
He was the golden boy till he outed that British pedophile caver in the search for those trapped boys. This time l ast year, he was about to put that red car into space. But after touching the third rail of pedophilia and faggotry, within 6 weeks he was under relentless assault from the SEC, the DOJ, and the media.
Now they study every move he makes in his jet to see if they can use it to hurt him.
Has anyone seen any in-depth studies of Zuckerberg’s flights? Tim Cook?
Of course you haven’t.
“Tesla doesn’t have dealerships and it doesn’t buy advertising.”
If you think launching that car into space wasn’t advertising then you aren’t thinking straight. I suppose it was smart of Musk to have one of his companies pay the other for the advertising, but that does not make me happier about the government subsidies pouring into his ventures.
You are way too proud of a hardcore leftist that funds democrats.
So how nany taxpayer dollars subsidized this “businessman”? His business idms how to get someone to force me to fork over my working hours to his bank account.
As intended. I’m the Dude, or Duderino, if you’re into honorifics.
That statement refers to the private jet, not Tesla cars.
exactly. I don’t begrudge anyone their private jet if they can afford it. What pisses me off is when guys like Musk and his buddies all jet off to Davos to tell me that I need to quit cooking steaks on the grill to save the planet. Let me see a little leading by example and then maybe I might take these guys seriously. Otherwise GTFH Elian.
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