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CEO Use of Private Jets Rose in 2008

Flying a private jet became taboo in 2008–at least that is what the headlines lead you to believe.

After the outcry over the General Motors jetting to D.C., and related headlines like J.P. Morgan Chase's new jet hangar, CEOs were supposedly grounded. Private jets = excess. And excess was bad.

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