For about five minutes after the collapse of the global economy in 2008, the public’s anger was focused enough to cause a temporary cutback in the abuse of corporate jet perks by rich executives. Clearly, those days are over.
You might be forgiven for imagining Marco Rubio waiting patiently at the gate for his boarding group to be called. Will his carry-on bag fit in the overhead compartment? Will they let him board even though his bulky one personal item looks like it’s holding quite a few pairs of high-heeled boots? We may never know,…
The U.S. corporate executive who spent the most money on private jet travel last year was Eric Foss, the CEO of Aramark, a company that serves food that it pulls out of the trash to prisoners.
Something—the sneaky finger of Jesus, perhaps—seems to have taken down the web page where His Holiness Pastor Creflo A. Dollar was asking followers to give him $65 million to buy a new private jet.
There exists a niche market of wealthy split-up couples with joint custody of a pet who fly their pets back and forth on private jets, alone. "One such former couple pays about $50,000 per trip to fly their dog from Los Angeles to New York every other month."
"To live is to suffer," Nietzsche said. "To survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."
If you were wealthy enough to afford your own private jet, probably the last thing you would want to do is stock it with things that reminded you of Abercrombie & Fitch, right?
Yes, we know that we advised you all to avoid buying private jets during the recession, lest you suffer some bad PR. And hundreds of millions of you listened to us, judging from the number of non-jet owners out there! But things have changed: now is the time to buy a private jet, everyone. Do not miss this buying…
Donald Trump bought himself a gold-plated 757 so that he can cruise around the country and pretend like he's running for president in a desperate attempt to remain in the spotlight. Knowing how much everyone in America cares about the details of his private air fleet, Trump posted a video tour of the monstrosity on…
Cartoonishly simplistic rhyme reciter Soulja Boy has allegedly purchased himself a $55 million G5 jet as a 21st birthday present. Ohh... did somebody give Soulja Boy $55 million, by accident?
The New York Times really knows what it's doing, when it comes to trend stories. What it's doing is not "Finding and identifying important fact-based trends and bringing them to light, for the public good." What it's doing is "Finding and identifying thoroughly unimportant trends which may or may not be real but which…
The Wall Street Journal did a little review of corporate jet records, and guess what: corporate CEOs of public companies are regularly using shareholder money to fly themselves to resorts, on private jets. The particulars are quite disturbing!
What does one insanely rich tech guy give another insanely rich tech guy as a wedding present? If you're a Google founder, the answer is reportedly "a party jet."
Kanye West posted this picture after tweeting, "Hold on... Lemme see if I can get a picture of this small ass jet!" Then he laughed a lot, because it is funny and he is rich.
For those of you who reject the "America is the Roman Empire" hypothesis, we have six words for you to chew on, along with your BK Crown-shaped Chicken Tenders:"Luxury Home Foreclosure Private Jet Tour."
Gas up your private jets, rich people: The economy has improved almost to the point that you can start flying around without getting shot down by a Stinger missile of economic populism.
After everything that's happened over the past year and half, you'd think it would be obvious to AIG and its CEO Robert Benmosche that the company probably shouldn't be using its five (yes, five) corporate jets to ferry AIG execs off on vacation. You'd be wrong. Fortunately, Benmosche and government regulators have…
Private jets are now "making a comeback," according to the Wall Street Journal. One thing that isn't: sampling caviar and champagne while in flight. "I'm here to tell you no one is eating lobster," says the owner of a catering company that supplies the corporate jet industry. "A quick turkey box lunch to slam down…
CNNMoney has a follow up to yesterday's news that Donald Trump is looking to unload his vintage Boeing 727. According to a Trump exec, the Donald is merely upgrading to a larger jet and he "simply doesn't need two [planes]." But he'll continue to use the clunker until it's sold and his new plane is delivered, although…
Donald Trump has suffered some financial setbacks over the past year. But have things gotten so bad that he'll soon be forced to to fly commercial? Or is he just trading up? That remains an open question, but Trump did put his prehistoric Boeing 727 up for sale yesterday. How much Trump is expecting to collect for his…
