Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, June 17, 2011

30% of corporate jet flights go to resorts

They're pitched as useful tools to get executives where they need to be, quickly and efficiently. But more often than not corporate jets are just used so the CEO can have a quick beach vacation, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The newspaper looked at FAA records of every U.S. flight taken between 2007 and 2010. Their analysis of the data, published Thursday, found that for dozens of jets belonging to publicly traded companies, about 30 per cent of the trips were to resort destinations.

In some cases, more than 50 per cent of the trips were to sun destinations, or to remote areas where executives own homes, the paper reported.

Full Article
Source: CBC news 

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