Getting back to Jetwhine's question regarding the secrecy culture of business aviation, I think it is important to be educated in what Biz Av brings to the table.
Trying to explain the rationale of using a business aircraft to the layman means the users must understand it themselves. The CEO's of the automakers did not respond to the questions about those aircraft by explaining the inefficiency of using scheduled service, or the work that can be done privately during the en route portion of the flight. They did not say that towns where products are manufactured sometimes do not have airline service, nor did they say security and worldwide travel require these jets. THEY SAID "NO COMMENT", then promptly closed the departments.
This only made it look like we in corporate aviation are actually exploiting the businesses by buying these jets. Sure there are circumstances that are an abuse to the investors and public trust and that is what is focused on by the press. The President flies around on the biggest private jet in the country for the same reason executives do. Why doesn't Obama fly on US Air next time he needs to visit a foriegn country? The USA is certainly in worst shape financially than any of these companies that Obama is critisizing.