Western Railroad Discussion > Amtrak corporate plane

All of the class 1's own corporate jets. Amtrak I suspect doesn't.  Does Mr. Moorman have ready access to one for business purposes?

Mr Boardman has flown via commercial airliner in the past.  Don't know what Mr Moorman's policy will be.

I wonder if he could avail  himself of the government's VIP aircraft fleet, based at Joint Forces Andrews?  Wick is a government official now.

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Mr Boardman has flown via commercial airliner in
> the past.  Don't know what Mr Moorman's policy
> will be.
>
> I wonder if he could avail  himself of the
> government's VIP aircraft fleet, based at Joint
> Forces Andrews?  Wick is a government official
> now.

He's not a government official that requires a high level of security. So no VIP flights out of Andrews for him.

PHall Wrote:
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> Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> > Mr Boardman has flown via commercial airliner
> in
> > the past.  Don't know what Mr Moorman's policy
> > will be.
> >
> > I wonder if he could avail  himself of the
> > government's VIP aircraft fleet, based at Joint
> > Forces Andrews?  Wick is a government official
> > now.
>
> He's not a government official that requires a
> high level of security. So no VIP flights out of
> Andrews for him.

So, he has to take the train...

When I ran a Congressman's office in DC in the early 80s I and some colleagues flew out of Andrews in a SAM C-9 without any security...

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

yooperfan Wrote:
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> All of the class 1's own corporate jets. Amtrak I
> suspect doesn't.  Does Mr. Moorman have ready
> access to one for business purposes?

The Class 1s are in the business of hauling freight.  Amtrak is in the business of hauling people.  My own opinion is that Mr. Moorman should travel on Amtrak when practicable.
ALLEN
 

I wouldn't be surprised if Mr. Moorman, a retired CEO, has access to the NS corporate plane.  However, using that plane for Amtrak business would look like a conflict of interest for NS to me.

OliveHeights Wrote:
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> I wouldn't be surprised if Mr. Moorman, a retired
> CEO, has access to the NS corporate plane.
>  However, using that plane for Amtrak business
> would look like a conflict of interest for NS to
> me.

I would be very surprised if Mr. Moorman has access to the NS corporate plane at his call.  It might be that he had access in some post retirement consulting assignments he may have taken.  At this point any consulting assignment with NS would be a conflict of interest.  If Mr. Moorman is transported in the NS corporate plane for personal purposes, it would be taxable income to him.  If he was transported in the NS plane for Amtrak business, it would be a cost billable to Amtrak.  In the final analysis, if Mr. Moorman needs to be transported in a corporate type jet, it would be simpler to arrange his transportation through a charter service.  Then there would be no questions of impropriety.
ALLEN
   

krm152 Wrote:
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> OliveHeights Wrote:
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> > I wouldn't be surprised if Mr. Moorman, a
> retired
> > CEO, has access to the NS corporate plane.
> >  However, using that plane for Amtrak business
> > would look like a conflict of interest for NS
> to
> > me.
>
> I would be very surprised if Mr. Moorman has
> access to the NS corporate plane at his call.  It
> might be that he had access in some post
> retirement consulting assignments he may have
> taken.  At this point any consulting assignment
> with NS would be a conflict of interest.  If Mr.
> Moorman is transported in the NS corporate plane
> for personal purposes, it would be taxable income
> to him.  If he was transported in the NS plane
> for Amtrak business, it would be a cost billable
> to Amtrak.  In the final analysis, if Mr. Moorman
> needs to be transported in a corporate type jet,
> it would be simpler to arrange his transportation
> through a charter service.  Then there would be
> no questions of impropriety.
> ALLEN
>    

That's exactly how my former boss's arrangement works.  It also keeps his travel arrangements, etc separate from his former employer.