Of Course The CEO Of Apple Only Takes Private Planes
The head of the world's most valuable company has stopped flying commercial.
Apple (AAPL) now requires CEO Tim Cook to fly a private plane for "all business and personal travel," according to a regulatory filing on Wednesday.
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Frankly the CEO of Apple would be a fucking idiot if he took anything but a private plane. Dude, you’re the CEO of one of the hottest companies in technology right now, you’re basically Steve Jobs’ little runt brother, go ahead and take that private plane. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: using wealth to improve personal air travel is something that I can get behind. I’m wary of traveling in small planes because I’m a coward, but even I see the benefits of having an aircraft that works for you. I’m in no position to say this is a bad idea, I missed a flight on Wednesday, and I had a flight delayed for three hours today, so I’m in full air-travel-sucks mode. Should you be aware that according to my calculations you have about a 1,000% greater chance of dying in a small private plan? Sure! But I suppose that’s a risk worth taking.
So in conclusion, good for this rich guy. Show up when you want, have that plane take off and hopefully not crash, and go on with your day. The rest of us will suffer the logistical nightmare that you don’t have to.
