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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. As a shareholder... by Chriscypher · · Score: 0, Troll

    This expense is most likely not being paid out of their personal pockets, but by Google.

    As a shareholder, I see this as an egregious waste of company money. Sure their time is valuable, but so is my investment.

    I am sick of corporate executives who act like little kings. Like the Tyco execs company-funded baachus birthday party for a wife / orgy in (Athens?), it is hard for me to see the value of supporting these execs excessive lifestyle choices and to see their contribution to the company's future success outweighing personal advancing, parasitic decisions.

    Thanks for designing a great search engine, you've been well rewarded, you are irresponsible, and there's the door.

    --
    "You have liberated me from thought."
  2. misuse of a public resource by m0llusk · · Score: 1, Troll

    For those who are not familiar with the operations of Moffet Field, it is adjacent to some very dense populations. Because of this there have been ongoing campaigns to limit use of the field to noncommercial aircraft and focus on development of research facilities there. This usage of the airfield by Google is in direct conflict with the long stated desire by the community to have commercial aircraft use commercial aviation facilities. Negative reactions to this have nothing to do with jealousy, but rather are about appropriate use and regulation of land and airspace. In this case a resource that has been constructed and maintained by the public at great cost is being use in a manner that the surrounding community has repeatedly strongly rejected.