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McCaskill garnered much criticism ahead of her last reelection campaign over her use of a private jet at taxpayer expense that she demanded her husband "sell the damn plane." But they bought a new, more expensive plane shortly after she won that election. Now, as she gears up for her next election fight, they have taken action to limit scrutiny of the plane's use.
The company hired by McCaskill to operate the plane, a 2009 Pilatus PC-12/47E, wrote to the FAA earlier this year in April to ask that tracking information on the plane be blocked from the public, according to email records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon through a Freedom of Information Act request.
originally posted by: Hazardous1408
Scumbag.
I think there should be a programme in place where The People can seize the assets of politicians who abuse taxpayer money for expenses.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: AndyFromMichigan
OK, if she and her husband can afford a private jet and are paying for it out of their own pocket, that's fine and their choice.
However, why hide it?
If they have a private jet and the taxpayers are paying for it, that's something else, and we deserve to know about it.
originally posted by: AndyFromMichigan
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) took a lot of heat over her use of a private jet at taxpayer expense.
Her solution? Petition the FAA to hide her jet's tracking info.
McCaskill garnered much criticism ahead of her last reelection campaign over her use of a private jet at taxpayer expense that she demanded her husband "sell the damn plane." But they bought a new, more expensive plane shortly after she won that election. Now, as she gears up for her next election fight, they have taken action to limit scrutiny of the plane's use.
The company hired by McCaskill to operate the plane, a 2009 Pilatus PC-12/47E, wrote to the FAA earlier this year in April to ask that tracking information on the plane be blocked from the public, according to email records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon through a Freedom of Information Act request.
originally posted by: F4guy
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: AndyFromMichigan
OK, if she and her husband can afford a private jet and are paying for it out of their own pocket, that's fine and their choice.
However, why hide it?
If they have a private jet and the taxpayers are paying for it, that's something else, and we deserve to know about it.
A Pilatus PC12 is a single engine propeller driven aircraft powered by a Pratt PT-6 engine, not a pure jet.
But instead of financing their own travels, they are leaning on government money instead. First, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was caught flying on a military plane to Fort Knox, Kentucky, during the solar eclipse. Then Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in luxury jet travel to private islands and lunches with his son, was outed for similar grifting. On Thursday night, Ryan Zinke, a former congressman and now the secretary of the Interior, was reported to have taken a trip to the Virgin Islands and to his second home in Montana, both times flying on chartered jets.
originally posted by: AndyFromMichigan
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) took a lot of heat over her use of a private jet at taxpayer expense.
Her solution? Petition the FAA to hide her jet's tracking info.
McCaskill garnered much criticism ahead of her last reelection campaign over her use of a private jet at taxpayer expense that she demanded her husband "sell the damn plane." But they bought a new, more expensive plane shortly after she won that election. Now, as she gears up for her next election fight, they have taken action to limit scrutiny of the plane's use.
The company hired by McCaskill to operate the plane, a 2009 Pilatus PC-12/47E, wrote to the FAA earlier this year in April to ask that tracking information on the plane be blocked from the public, according to email records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon through a Freedom of Information Act request.
originally posted by: JIMC5499
My guess is that they bought the plane and are leasing it to a company. The company can operate the aircraft, and take care of maintaining it. Some of the profits that the company makes are paid to McCaskill. There is nothing wrong with that. It is fairly common, but, if McCaskill is chartering her own plane through that company and paying for the charter with taxpayer dollars, there is a problem.
originally posted by: F4guy
originally posted by: JIMC5499
My guess is that they bought the plane and are leasing it to a company. The company can operate the aircraft, and take care of maintaining it. Some of the profits that the company makes are paid to McCaskill. There is nothing wrong with that. It is fairly common, but, if McCaskill is chartering her own plane through that company and paying for the charter with taxpayer dollars, there is a problem.
I think you may have hit on the real reason for track blocking. Many, if not most, charter customers require that the aircraft they charter block tracking. If company A, in New York, is negotiating a buyout of company B, in Denver, they would not want it known that a bunch of suits from A weny to Denver.
And you can defeat tracking by just going under Visual Flight Rules without flight following.