| Rochard |
10-09-2018 01:24 PM |
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Originally Posted by crockett
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I think some positions in the US Government should include airplanes, including the US Ambassador to the United Nations. Even more so in this case because this job position requires them to be in NYC and has to shuttle to Washington DC on a regular basis.
Perhaps the best thing would be to have a pool of aircraft certain people, mostly cabinet members, can use for official government business. Some of these people might be required to travel on a regular basis. For example, the Secretary of Transportation might want to visit California to look at bridges (or that damn building that is tilting... ) or the Attorney General might want to visit some place where there is a national incident or the Secretary of the Treasury might want to visit a local mint, etc.
In fact, here is an interesting article about how US government officials fly:
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/01/how...officials-fly/
This article doesn't mention Cabinet members, but does mention members of Congress and military officials. Ironically, the article does state that senior DOD officials usually run afoul of travel rules:
The most common reason that senior DOD officials are relieved of their duties continues to be travel fraud. Members of Congress can also quickly find themselves with the wrong kind of attention if it becomes known that they spend taxpayer money frivolously on travel. Admittedly, the rules for government travel have become so complex that it’s often hard to know if what you’re doing is within the JTR — especially when traveling internationally.
Come to think about it, a friend of mine used to work in the White House travel department under Obama. |
