[ale] Re: HP buys two new GVs

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Bob wrote:
> What I was questioning was the knee jerk reaction that
> corporate aircraft are merely a perk for execs and does not have a
> business justification.

Me too. I found this on Fark.com in the comments located at:
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=651216

2003-09-15 01:32:40 PM lovegravy  

"Well, if you think about it, it kind of makes sense. They HAD to buy the 
jets. See, they needed them for their frequent visits to India to interview 
candidates for the new jobs that have 'suddenly' become available."

OK, you guys are too lost. Time to educate you.

My company has 2 private jets. How much did they cost us?!?

THEY MADE US $2MILLION LAST YEAR.

Read that again:

THEY MADE US $2MILLION LAST YEAR.

We bought them for $9Mil each and when we aren't using them we lease them out. 
Since 9/11 the private charter industry has boomed, and it's booked solid all 
the time. When we have 7-8 people needing to fly, IT'S CHEAPER TO TAKE THE 
PRIVATE JET THAN TO FLY COACH most of the time, then when we aren't using it 
it's being chartered out. That's what most companies do. PLUS we get the tax 
benefits.

Let me say this one more time:

Our 2 private jets make us $2Million/year.

You all are too ignorant of how the world works to be commenting on it. Your 
knee-jerk hatred of successful people sickens me and makes me worry about the 
future of America.

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What I keep reading on this list and fark is droves of people expecting HP to 
continue to employ workers to "save the economy, yadda yadda yadda." The 
theme of "redistributed weath" instantly makes me think of socialism. 

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