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The cost of the transport, dummy. The cost of operating that type aircraft. Not the "free ride" that particular individual recieved. That is pretty cheap for that one individual...because all their neighbors were forced to pitch in to pay for that fancy ride, but then didn't get one.

You think their operating budget is the same or more than a commercial operator flying a 407?

You think just because it's tax money, that maybe the same dollars stretch further? Far enough that they can operate that high dollar equipment at the same cost? That they're super efficient or something? Are you new here?

Nothing the government "provides" for you is cheap or efficient. There's no incentive to do so. Waste, fraud, and abuse. Stop asking them to do it. Duh.