[Retric]

I would so the real number of flights would be closer to infinity because the cost of maintaining and flying a private jet across the country is more than the cost of the first class tickets. Also the interest / depreciation on that 50 million works out to ~3 million a year which is 2,000 / 12 people = 166 first class flights by it's self. Double that if you only average 6 people.

[potatolicious]

Yeah... I imagine it would cost more than $18,000 to fly a plane-load of people across the country. Not to mention the fact that you need to keep pilots and other crew on-staff even when the plane is on the ground... the costs just don't add.

Makes you wonder why they bother. Last I checked first class was still plenty pampered.

[moe]

Ehm you don't really wonder why they "bother", do you?