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["Michael D. Thomas" <mdthomas AT mindspring.com>]

> Also, return on investment?? If you're rich enough to be able to
afford
> such
> extravagant indulgences as having a private 747 standing by for your
kids
> in
> college, are you really going to worry that much about ROI? For Middle
> Eastern heads of state having a private jet is a status symbol, not a
> rational investment. And besides, in the world of status symbols, what
is
> a
> measly, rickety, old leased 747SP anyways? A private 747-400 on the
other
> hand, like that of the Sultan of Abu Dhabi, now THAT's money!
> (http://www.airliners.net/open.file/373331/M/)

He probably gave the kids the beater 747.