However, as well, please tell us why CEOs “need” private jets “for their work”. They don’t. I work for an airline and plenty of major CEOs fly commercial. CELEBRITIES fly commercial. The bit about security is BS – few people in the world even know the names of particular companies’ CEOs and even fewer (understatement of the year) could see anything to gain by harming a particular one.

Quick, who’s the CEO of United Airlines? How about Google? How about Nestle? How about Procter & Gamble? GE? (How about the names of the Big 3 car makers in QUESTION, I’d even venture!) See what I mean? Security is a non issue. And otherwise, no one’s offered an excuse for why these CEOs need private jets. So perhaps, since you seem to understand it, you can fill us in.