Or when they lobby for regulations to restrict competition.

They have an SOT.

Are people in Somalia really this stupid?  

A year or two ago, the city was considering a runway extension at the airport I work at.  People living in the area showed up at the meeting and expressed their outrage.  Demands were made to move the airport (claimed that land could be purchased outside town and a new airport paid for by selling the land that the airport is currently on), along with claims that extending the runway would bring jets to the airport.

Ignoring the ignorance of the claim that the airport land was worth the cost of building a completely new airport (and purchasing the land for it), the claim that the extension would bring jets was one of those 'you are so stupid and ignorant that I don't know where to even start answering your argument' moments.  We already have jets.  These idiots live near the airport, and are absolutely clueless that transient corporate jets use it fairly often.  There's also a King Air 200 in the hangar next to the one I work in, and a Merlin in the hangar on the other side of the King Air.

Two flight schools, two maintenance shops, rows of T-hangars and a couple corporate box hangars, a Beaver (R-985 with the wonderfully loud 2 blade prop), two WACOs,  a couple homebuilts that look like sporterized formula racers, several 8 to 10 passenger recip twins...  and these idiots never hear the jets.

The city runs the airport as a business.  Fuel sales, hangar rent, and tie down rent.  Works out to something in the neighborhood of $70,000 profit for the city, per year.  I was told that they even refuse federal funding, so that they can tell the feds to go pound sand on some of the federal requirements.  I worked at the same airport a couple decades ago, when I first got my A&P.  There were very few houses near the airport, at that time.

Not an urban legend.  Porsche 959

I know the one you are talking about. Those folks built their fine homes yards from the runway, now they complain about noise.

A. Specifically what tax money are you referring too?

B. You worked there in what capacity?

Answer that then maybe I'll say if you know what you're talking about.

of course given your estimation of 50 feet, my hopes aren't high.

when you literally have more money than you know what to do with,  things like this probably make a lot of sense.  

Agreed.  Although, the politicians don't really need their bribes to take our gun rights.

Well, that rule which gives Police and retired police 50 state carry helps immensely.

As a chauffeur, I've been overwhelmingly shocked as to some of the people I've driven that don't have security escorts.

Bill has a host of trained professionals protecting him and his family. They are outsourced personal protection specialists with backgrounds ranging from LEO to SOF. 15 years ago he really had no security. People approached him with business cards and proposals walking on the street or at sporting events like the Sonics (miss them).  It is absolutely hypocritical that he believes he and his  family are more important than others when giving hundreds of thousands to gun control related proposals. I would love to be able to afford two or three former Green Berets to guard my family. This information is all available online with the right search criteria.

Move in next to an airport, railroad tracks, industrial area etc that was there long before you and then bitch about it. People like you area why the 3rd runway at SeaTac cost at least 3 times what it should have. Asshats.

I've met the guy. 15 years ago at a fancy resort i worked at. He had a very hot blond security with him at the time who doubled as a Nanny. And he was under a different name. But he was hanging on his own when i went and said G'day and had a chat. Nice enough bloke.

The crew that mans the gates at Michael Dell's house seem to be pretty damned serious.

Virtual reality best reality.

Huh? Where did that come from?

Four billionaires (Gates, Allen, Ballmer, fuckstain from New York) worked to pass I594, a major abrogation of the second amendment, in Washington.

Bill Gates... I wonder what his screen name is.

I loved Boeing Field as a kid. My dad worked for West Coast in the concrete arch hanger. It was fucking awesome until we got shipped out in 68.

 

double tap

Most of these types fly about 200-400 hours per year. (Public knowledge so I'm not breaking my vow...). That equates to a decent number of business trips and some vacations to some far-flung spots.

Example: You do some  2-day trips from the west coast to NYC. I'm sure they run to SFO or LA quite a bit.  Then you do the swing through Cnina for a week or 10 days.  Maybe something weird like the Galapagos Islands for a week or the Seychelles for two weeks.  The diregeur

Lol.  I missed that description.  The G550 won't do those trips (frankly, you'd need a 777/744) and a Global sure as hell won't.

I've done Delhi to ANC with the weird kinks you have to do on that route due to politics.  Taipei to LAX was easy (200 mph tailwind helps...) but no way it would make it to Chicago.

Marketing people suck.

TC

I had some loose dealings with one of these individuals a number of yrs ago, mainly their representatives and security people. Most of the ones I was dealing with were former Secret Service Presidential Details guys, all very nice professionals. They managed the company's worldwide security along with the CEOs personal security. They had lots of former SOF on their payroll to provide contingency operations and on numerous times had to extract workers from areas of the world that had "flare ups" or some form of unrest making it nessesary to get their people out of the country. When the CEO traveled for business it was like a presidential detail with advance teams and lots of planning. I can only imagine how much money was spent on this kinda of stuff.

My experience from the yachting world and being around Billionares is that ....... They get security when they think they need it. Most do have a full time go to Security person somewhere within the group of every day life people, however in most cases they are not attached at the hip and following their every move 24/7. Depends on a number of issues.
Of course some Billionares are egotistical D-bags and think they are in need of half a dozen ex Navy Seals following them around like puppy's when .... No one really cares.

I like the ones that notice my drink is empty and personally mix me a new one. Rare but has happened !

How does that work when you're providing paid for security? In some states that doesn't work.

 

  A lot of the security guys are "reserve" officers in departments that receive funding from the corporation.