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You’d have to be a billionaire for that math to have a chance to balance. I think it’s mostly a status symbol, like a yacht. Edit: I’m talking about owning a

You’d have to be a billionaire for that math to have a chance to balance. I think it’s mostly a status symbol, like a yacht. Edit: I’m talking about owning a private jet. Renting one is quite different.

bombcar 3y ago
Across the USA in a private jet rental is something like $15k. You don't have to be a billionaire to drop $15k to make your life easier for 5-6 hours. You go from having to go through security, hassle, baggage etc, to driving your car up to the steps of the plane and across to a smaller airport right near where you want to be.
- hinata08 3y ago
  Do you mean you can pay to avoid TSA ? Why is the law different for the average guy who flies and for the private jets ? I thought everyone had to go through security. It also shows that TSA is useless. Otherwise, someone would just have rented a jet to hijack it. Lastly, most workers can wait 2 hours at the airport to save $15k. You have to be a billionaire to figure out that 2 hours are worth 15k
  - FalconSensei 3y ago
    > You have to be a billionaire to figure out that 2 hours are worth 15k A multi-millionaire can prob. already drop 15k. Also, not 2 hours, if to go to your destination would require a connection or 2, while private flight is direct.
    - hinata08 3y ago
      it still shocks me that some individuals can afford both the tons of CO2 and the money just for frivolous comfort. Especially since we are in the day and age of the media and zoom meetings. Traveling is no longer necessary for most business purposes, but is mostly leisure or convenience. In the meantime, you are blamed for global warming, for driving to the supermarket to get beef. And you have to pay hefty carbon tax on car fuel, while planes and jets are exempt. And as a society, we can't give a home to everyone, because it would cost money to build back what banks foreclosed and buldozzered 15 years ago. but what if you have money ? go ahead, buy a high tech jet that costs hundreds of homes, and spray carbontrails over the poor neibourhoods near the airport, and directly into the ozone layer. You would be burdened with taxes and carbon allowance if you couldn't afford that.
      - slashdev 3y ago
        If we just had carbon taxes then it would be taken care of. Carbon taxes make so much sense form so many perspectives. it’s a shame it’s not a more popular idea. There’s still some moral issues in my view from ridiculous consumption by rich people, but if taxed appropriately it would be better than it is now.
  - max51 3y ago
    Do you mean you can pay to avoid TSA ? Exactly, no TSA.

bombcar 3y ago

Across the USA in a private jet rental is something like $15k. You don't have to be a billionaire to drop $15k to make your life easier for 5-6 hours. You go from having to go through security, hassle, baggage etc, to driving your car up to the steps of the plane and across to a smaller airport right near where you want to be.

hinata08 3y ago
Do you mean you can pay to avoid TSA ? Why is the law different for the average guy who flies and for the private jets ? I thought everyone had to go through security. It also shows that TSA is useless. Otherwise, someone would just have rented a jet to hijack it. Lastly, most workers can wait 2 hours at the airport to save $15k. You have to be a billionaire to figure out that 2 hours are worth 15k
- FalconSensei 3y ago
  > You have to be a billionaire to figure out that 2 hours are worth 15k A multi-millionaire can prob. already drop 15k. Also, not 2 hours, if to go to your destination would require a connection or 2, while private flight is direct.
  - hinata08 3y ago
    it still shocks me that some individuals can afford both the tons of CO2 and the money just for frivolous comfort. Especially since we are in the day and age of the media and zoom meetings. Traveling is no longer necessary for most business purposes, but is mostly leisure or convenience. In the meantime, you are blamed for global warming, for driving to the supermarket to get beef. And you have to pay hefty carbon tax on car fuel, while planes and jets are exempt. And as a society, we can't give a home to everyone, because it would cost money to build back what banks foreclosed and buldozzered 15 years ago. but what if you have money ? go ahead, buy a high tech jet that costs hundreds of homes, and spray carbontrails over the poor neibourhoods near the airport, and directly into the ozone layer. You would be burdened with taxes and carbon allowance if you couldn't afford that.
    - slashdev 3y ago
      If we just had carbon taxes then it would be taken care of. Carbon taxes make so much sense form so many perspectives. it’s a shame it’s not a more popular idea. There’s still some moral issues in my view from ridiculous consumption by rich people, but if taxed appropriately it would be better than it is now.
- max51 3y ago
  Do you mean you can pay to avoid TSA ? Exactly, no TSA.