Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Do the government really need their own plane? | |
Posted by: | Huw Burford-Taylor | |
Date/Time: | 19/11/15 11:09:00 |
Vanessa, I know this won't fit in with your "them and us" worldview, or, more pertinently your "them and me" take on things, but government ministers and especially the PM are a significantly higher profile target for terrorists than the rest of us mere plebs, and as down with the people as it may be for "Dave" to fly Easyjet, fundamentally by doing that he's putting the rest of the plane at a much higher risk of being blown up than would be otherwise. Chartering an entire jet when he's off the G20 or wherever works out pretty pricey too, so all-in-all whilst it may not fit into the socialist narrative repurposing an existing RAF jet for government use makes a hell of a lot more sense, and will cost less overall. |