15 mile (13 NM) flight from KEDC to AUS
~ 85 gallons (322 liters).
~ 571 lbs (259 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $477 cost of fuel.
~ 0.8991 tons of CO2 emissions.
Ok i agree totally with the Elon hate, but sometimes you need to take a plane to the airport next door for maintenance or something. They can’t just throw it on a truck and drive it over there.
This. Same shenanigans with Taylor Swift last year. Still not great, and still could fly commercial, but even those need to be moved to other locations with no passengers/cargo from time to time.
Edit: where is that “thermonuclear lawsuit” we were promised.
I wonder if there was a semi-private commercial airline if it would be popular. Like more expensive than business class, but you still share with like 20-30 other people.
The problem might be that it needs to have destination that are popular amongst that group of people and enough to fill it. So you end up with three lines…
I know about time sharing a private jet (or simply renting one). I was looking for something between first class and private. Like you still get 1, 2, 4 seats and share the rest. AFAIK you get the whole plane to yourself if you time share.
Anyone can file legal process. Need to survive motions to strike and summary judgment before you say he followed through. I think it’s going to get tossed within a few weeks.
Austin executive is a really nice airport? Not sure really but likely the plane needed work and they scheduled with someone there, or they picked someone up or something. Could be anything.
Ok i agree totally with the Elon hate, but sometimes you need to take a plane to the airport next door for maintenance or something. They can’t just throw it on a truck and drive it over there.
This. Same shenanigans with Taylor Swift last year. Still not great, and still could fly commercial, but even those need to be moved to other locations with no passengers/cargo from time to time.
Edit: where is that “thermonuclear lawsuit” we were promised.
Double edit: in fairness he did follow through! https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/20/tech/x-sues-media-matters/index.html
I wonder if there was a semi-private commercial airline if it would be popular. Like more expensive than business class, but you still share with like 20-30 other people.
The problem might be that it needs to have destination that are popular amongst that group of people and enough to fill it. So you end up with three lines…
Those are totally a thing. You can time-share a jet
I know about time sharing a private jet (or simply renting one). I was looking for something between first class and private. Like you still get 1, 2, 4 seats and share the rest. AFAIK you get the whole plane to yourself if you time share.
Anyone can file legal process. Need to survive motions to strike and summary judgment before you say he followed through. I think it’s going to get tossed within a few weeks.
Yes but if all the 100s of passengers had private jets, there would be 100s of extra flights. This argument is apologist nonsense
Fair point, but why fly to Pflugerville in the first place? He could have flown directly from Brownsville to Austin and drove to Pflugerville.
Austin executive is a really nice airport? Not sure really but likely the plane needed work and they scheduled with someone there, or they picked someone up or something. Could be anything.
could be cheaper to park there overnight .
could be he wanted nachos from some place. either way, 15 mile hops are bullshit.
Who doesn’t love nachos?