Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Senator Clinton, Diva on Jet's

This article from the New York Post documents Sen. Clinton’s diva like attitude to flying private jets. So highlights:

  • She used 3 different planes in a single day
  • Grounded one plane a Gulfstream II because it was not good enough
  • The replacement Gulfstream flight from Westchester County to South Carolina was empty

This is the interesting itinerary:

  • Sen. Clinton travels from Washington to Orangeburg SC for the Democratic debate on the Gulfstream II then on the same plane returns to DC.
  • 46 minutes later that Gulfstream II is sent back empty to South Carolina to wait for her there.
  • The next day a Hawker 800 private jet owned by NY investment firm Gilder Gagnon Howe transported Sen. Clinton back to Greenville SC.
  • In Greenville she hoped back on the Gulfstream II for a 25 minute flight to Columbia SC
  • In Columbia she then swapped planes to the Gulfstream III
  • Then fly’s to California for a campaign swing by jet through San Diego, San Jose, and Reno Nevada, back to Van Nuys then home to Westchester County.

What was the cost to the environment in CO2 emissions?

Clinton, who has warned against global warming from the stump and hyped the need for alternative energy such as ethanol, burned through thousands of gallons of jet fuel swooping along the campaign trail - and it's not clear why she sent an empty plane to wait for her in South Carolina then flew a different jet from Washington the next day.

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