Ah, but how long would it take the congresscritters to write a law to differentiate between that and "legitimate" business travel? By the number of passengers on a plane, if nothing else, or the purpose of the "charter."
Congresscritters are quite good at that kind of thing. I'd give 'em about two weeks. -Declan On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 11:16:29PM -0800, Steve Schear wrote: > I've been thing about this the past few days. From what I've read the > executive jets are not required to adhere to the same restrictions as the > public flights, partly because they are not public carriers. Shared exec > jet services allow a lower buy-in than sole use at a fixed monthly rate > plus a premium to be paid every time you use a plane. What if a scheduled > airline was formed that required all passengers to be part owners, just > like a shared exec jet (so they are not public carriers), plus a > competitive fare each time you use one of your planes? Might it be > possible to bypass all that crap by leaving from the exec terminal? > > steve
