McDoo,
Alright then, well if we look at it from a purely company point of view.... wasting all that money on corporate jets to fly these ego-trippers to their important meetings that they cannot possibly contemplate getting to in a more affordable manner on a commercial airline has not done the company much good has it ?
They've dumped or are reducing most of their international ops, and hence the over-inflated requirement for a jet is rapidly diminishing.
And then just look at the state of the company ......CEO gone, CFO gone, dodgy accounts, struggling to keep up with the competition.....
Having access to those jets hasn't exactly made them into a magical success story has it ! All it has been is a great big waste of time and money, just like many of their overseas operations.....
Meanwhile, in the USA, WalMart operate 23 jets and a turboprop. Nobody gives them a hard time over it....
Yes, and in accordance with my statement above "Nothing wrong with jets.... IF....you have substantial overseas operations (or your home-turf is the size of the US or Australia)."
Walmart's home turf is the US.....easier to justify a small fleet in the USA rather than the UK where you can get from one end of the country to the other in a couple of hours on a train (or quicker a commercial domestic flight).