Ford CEO Alan Mulally and his wife are entitled to travel on the corporate jet. This photo was taken earlier this year in Seattle where Mullaly resides. The company plane shuttles him to Detroit during the week.
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And members of Congress agreed.
"The fact that you flew in on your own private jet at tens of thousands of dollars just for you to make your way to Washington is a bit arrogant just before you ask the taxpayers for money," said Rep. Patrick Henry (R-NC) at Wednesday's hearing.
GM and Ford each have a fleet of private jets, with no plans to stop using them. They say it is corporate policy for their executives to travel by jets. Although GM's CEO Rick Wagoner said he might use his $36 million jet a bit less.
"To be perfectly honest," said Wagoner, "things have been so busy, I haven't been traveling a lot anyway."
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