Premier’s Airline Meeting Trip Cost $1,756.74
A trip in February 2016 by Premier Michael Dunkley to meet with Jet Blue Airlines officials cost $1,756.74, according to a recent listing on the Government’s travel webpage.
The trip duration was listed as from Tuesday, February 02, 2016 – Wednesday, February 03, 2016, and the web page listing said, “The Premier and Minister of National Security, Michael H. Dunkley, accompanied by the Minister of Tourism Development and Transport and other tourism and air transport officials, met with officials of JetBlue Airlines to discuss airlift to Bermuda.”
Expenses
- Air Travel: $1,365.13
- Ground Transportation: $0
- Accommodation: $391.61
- Meals: $0
- Miscellaneous: $0
- Total Cost: $1,756.74
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sounds pretty damn reasonable to me.
But it doesn’t list the costs of “the Minister of Tourism Development and Transport and other tourism and air transport officials” who accompanied him. I doubt they paid their own costs.
I wish I could go to New York for that price. It seems very reasonable and thoughtfully planned.
Stop being an idiot. Tickets to New York are $350 or less. He over paid.
The story indicates that a second Minister and other officials went also. What were their expenses?
Seems to me that the overall to the taxpayer will be at least four times higher as at least three, perhaps even five other persons might have been on that trip.
True cost? Might well be more than $7,000.
I only wish the government would smartin’ up and demand that the empty seats the tax pay is paying for are put on the market at discount prices. Why pay the subsidy if we can’t get anything in return!
Not sure why they didn’t list cost for all attendees, but one could assume you’d multiply that number by the number of people that went and, I think, it’s still reasonable!
Thank you Mr. Premier. We need some more meetings like this.,.For the good of our Beautiful Island.,. Every bit counts.,.
Why weren’t they invited to Bermuda instead of us travelling there? Don’t we have a product to sell and isn’t the best way to sell it by showing it off?