You may remember that TTAC almost just about virtually proved that Chrysler CEO Bob “I Heart Pasta” Nardelli jumped on a corporate jet to fly from Motown to the City of Brotherly Love (then was driven in an EV mule to D.C.), to attend the second round of bailout hearings. This after The Big 2.8 execs (as they were at the time) flew straight into “jet-gate,” where reporters hammered them for Gulfstreaming to the bailout buffet. Far be it for me to repeat such lazy journalistic innuendo (oops), but the thick plotzes, as the Detroit Free Press reports that ChryCo is asking permission to terminate its leases on not one but two mighty fine Gulfstreams: a $38 million Gulfstream 450 and a $55 million Gulfstream 550. Leases, eh? “Chrysler took possession of them Jan. 1, 2008. It put up a $3.6 million security deposit on the 450 and a $5.3 million deposit on the 550. The automaker is seeking to apply the deposits to its seven-year lease obligations.” Awesome.
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They forgot to show the Detroit Three Thugs with their masks and guns. Well two of them anyway. At least Ford has yet to rob the candy store.
I see a “Gulfstream bailout” in my taxpaying future…….
Gulfstream employees, take heart. The Detroit 3 may be fair-weather friends, but at least Oprah knows how to keep it real.
I’ve had a few rides on a Gulfstream 550 while at work (fixing, not schmoozing), and I highly recommend it to all my friends. G450, not so much…
The G650 is coming out soon. Another American manufactured class leading product. And they didn’t need a Union to help them make it either.