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A Coveted Landing Strip for Google's Founders

Posted by samzenpus on from the he-who-has-the-gold-makes-the-rules dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The NYT reports, "In the annals of perks enjoyed by America's corporate executives, the founders of Google may have set a new standard: an uncrowded, federally managed runway for their private jet that is only a few minutes' drive from their offices. For $1.3 million a year, Larry Page and Sergey Brin get to park their customized wide-body Boeing 767-200, as well as two other jets used by top Google executives, on Moffett Field, an airport run by NASA that is generally closed to private aircraft."

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  1. Re:Larry's had that for a while by plover · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Hey, since the place is already there, why not just open it up to any commercial flights that want to come in?

    RTFA. They still aren't opening the strip to just anyone, and it's not just about the money. Gooogle is also allowing NASA to fly scientific instruments and researchers on the plane.

    Translated, that really means "Of course it's about the money, you f*cktards. NASA's got enough planes. Google's got enough money. The whole researcher thing is just there to justify the deal in the newspapers."

    After all, it's still Google, and their motto is still "Don't be caught being evil."

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    John