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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. wal-mart by skammie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At least they didn't lobby for one to be built nearby. Wal-mart did this in the mid to late nintes.

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  2. I wouldn't want to be the pilot by martin-boundary · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    It must be hell for the pilot when both Larry and Sergei want to have a go at holding the controls at the same time, and one of them wants to land the plane on the runway already but the other wants to have another go at flying around the tower in homage to the Cessna days from MS flight simulator V.1.2.

    They should really have bought a 767 each.

    1. Re:I wouldn't want to be the pilot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Strictly speaking, this isn't off-topic. Stupid? Maybe, but not off topic. Is there a more appropriate way to moderate these posts?

  3. No Problem for Corporatist Democracy. by OldHawk777 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We are the Corporate States of America (CSA), but Dixie did not rise ... just the slave-owners of US.

    GOD BLESS THE IMPERIAL POTCSA George [AKA: King George].

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