
I thought that me hanging around with a group of private pilots and airplane owners this past weekend would stir some outrage. I really thought that revealing that I spent Saturday in the company of evil, accomplished people who (gasp!) own airplanes would cause a backlash. We are, after all, in the "everybody should have an equal amount of stuff" era. Maybe I can still salvage some outrage here if I tell you that Cessna was there showing off its new Cessna Mustang! This is a small jet twin that can carry a pilot and four passengers and can be had for around $2.8 million! It's not so much a business jet as it is a personal jet! Just think of the carbon footprint you can generate as you fly your friends and family off to a $1000 hamburger and weekend at the beach! You had other private jets on display that you could get for as little as a bill and a half! This is an outrage! How dare these people even think about buying luxuries like this when there are people trying to figure out how they can feed their nine children on food stamps and still have time to try to remember who all the fathers were!