Originally Posted by
Tark
Alot of the posts are saying that they should fly commerical. Now if you really want your politician like McCain to travel to Libya, Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan and Iceland by commerical there is something wrong. First off i'm sure there is only a handfull of airlines that will fly to Afghanistan and i'm sure most of then even YOU would feel a little weird about flying.
Second The cost of upkeeping a old plane often surpases the cost of buying new ones. Espacially in the little business jets. The article does say that the fleet is aging and that some of the plane are actually grounded.
I think that there are other way of saving on this subject. I would certainly believe that buying the plane used a bit would save lots of money.
travel tab so according to that article
Originally Posted by wsj article
Lawmakers frequently bring along spouses on congressional trips. If they take commercial flights, they have to buy tickets for spouses. If they fly on government planes -- as they usually do -- their spouses can fly free.
if they are going on "official business" there is no reason to bring your spouse. if you are bringing your spouse then you can fly like everyone else
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