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No, I mean NO security line. You can drive your car out onto the tarmac, hop in the plane, and have your rental car/limo waiting for you on the tarmac on the o
by Patrick_Devine 13y ago
No, I mean NO security line. You can drive your car out onto the tarmac, hop in the plane, and have your rental car/limo waiting for you on the tarmac on the other side. You don't even have to look at a TSA agent.
This is the reason why all of the BS exists around flying commercially. If truly wealthy individuals had to suffer through that, airport security would have been dismantled years ago.
- ape4 13y agoDon't tell the terrorists.
- diminoten 13y agoThe point is the terrorists should never make it onto the tarmac, if the FBI, etc. are doing their jobs. Arguably even into the country, if the other agencies are doing their jobs, and assuming the threat is foreign.
- Zigurd 13y agoOr there are many fewer terrorists than would justify the Homeland Security budget.
- apaprocki 13y agoYes, I understand -- just saying that you can mitigate it enough that you don't need a private plane. If you fly Virgin upper class, for instance, you get pretty much what you describe. A car will pick you up and deliver you behind all the typical airport security with your boarding documents.
- mattzito 13y agoRight, but - Virgin upper class if you're flying out of NYC, for example, can get you to....the UK. And a limited number of times a day. Private planes are absolutely awesome for getting between inconvenient points domestically. Have to get from San Jose to Austin on short notice? A quick skim of ITA shows coach fares of $1k and they all require a stop somewhere, with an average duration of 7-ish hours. Or, hop on a private jet, skip security, take off pretty much whenever you're ready to take off, nad then come back when you want it.