Govt refuses to discuss Bt21m bill for charter flight to security meet in Hawaii

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Govt refuses to discuss Bt21m bill for charter flight to security meet in Hawaii

THE NATION 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- THE government has refused to comment on the almost Bt21 million for Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan and his team to travel to Hawaii for the Asean-US Defence Ministers’ meeting on the weekend - a cost that includes the hiring of a charter flight.

 

Government Spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday he could not comment on the Bt20.9-million bill, after a document released on Friday detailed a breakdown of costs of the trip. 

 

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[NongKhaiKid]

" We will be transparent in government. "

 

Apart from anything else people in power, no matter who, have that feeling of entitlement so there's nothing to explain.

[PatOngo]

Could they not have flown for free on the national carrier?

[HoboKay]

Should anyone be surprised? *sniggers*

[starky]

No corruption here ...just click your heels three times and say " its no worse than Thaksin". Which of course makes everything OK

[Chris Lawrence]

Budgie smugglers or Okanui's; still its a lot. Probably got a few big wave boards. Then they would have hired a few Mustangs and did a few laps. The guys from the Pentagon would have been stoked.

[Rorri]

Glad they mention he is a Thai polly, for a moment I thought the Chinese had invaded...... or maybe they have... by stealth.

[NongKhaiKid]

43 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Could they not have flown for free on the national carrier?

Not confident about using THAI or something to hide, maybe the composition of ' his team ' so start with ?

[leeneeds]

Excess !

A meeting for 2 main players and 3 minions 

travelling business class / first class on a Thai 

flight, would  have been  far more prudent !

But hey , bugger  that !

 

we drink from the TAP.

[z42]

You know its got to be rotten if BS meister Sanserm won't even try and spin it in some incredulous way. This Prawit guy is a joke also, another Thai delegate who has no experience in international affairs, am almost certain can speak / understand no English, and who just appears to be nothing more than an empty suit

[NongKhaiKid]

Just now, z42 said:

You know its got to be rotten if BS meister Sanserm won't even try and spin it in some incredulous way. This Prawit guy is a joke also, another Thai delegate who has no experience in international affairs, am almost certain can speak / understand no English, and who just appears to be nothing more than an empty suit

Suit empty.

Wallet not so much.

[colinneil]

Jollies for the boys, charter an aircraft fill it up with booze and other perks.

The deputy PM is just a joke, knows nothing but spouts a lot of nonsense.

We dont care about the costs, it is being covered by the peasants that we are conning.

[Alive]

These folks are shysters. Every day their abuse gives the people one more reason to take to the streets and remove them.

[PatOngo]

[HoboKay]

Quote

An official at the Defence Ministry said there were 38 officials on the trip with Prawit and the expense for each of Bt500,000 for the four-day trip was reasonable. 

 

So there were translators for the translators just so some form of coherent communications was possible? 

[NongKhaiKid]

So 38 officials but how many were genuinely officials or officials in name only ?

Shortly after taking power didn't the PM order this sort of thing be stopped so why did this cost so much and I think we know the answer.

[aussieinthailand]

20.9million Baht  X 38 people = 550,000 per person for 4 days in Hawaii all expense's paid.     Nice gig if ya can get it....

Just did a quick search for flights BKK too Hawaii return, just over B,24,000. X 38 people = 912,000. I haven't looked at the National carrier cost yet, am kind'a flat out at the moment.

[ChrisY1]

And how many wives went along for the trip??

[mtls2005]

The bill breakdown is:

Plane rental - 3,835,200 baht

Fuel cost - 10,776,000 baht

Food and beverages - 600,000 baht

Ground service operations - 2,636,400 baht 

Other expenses - 3,106,200 baht

 

 

I wouldn't want to be the chap who heads the department which published these details. He'll be getting a pair of socks as a retirement gift.

[alfalfa19]

His smug mug says everything.   Nice vacation for some fatcats from a country where many live on less than a dollar a day. 

[NongKhaiKid]

Wouldn't it be nice to see footage of one of the boys having a ' Chalerm Moment ' as in the time in Hong Kong when he was pulled back from being hit by a car due to an excess of ear medicine ?

Of course whoever posted it would find themselves No. 1 on Thailand's Most Wanted List.

[worgeordie]

I thought they   just purchased a new plane for VIP's,so why charter

another plane.

regards Worgeordie

[sharecropper]

2 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Could they not have flown for free on the national carrier?

 

(They probably did)....

[Ricardo]

2 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Could they not have flown for free on the national carrier?

 

I don't think TG fly to the USA these days, do they ?

[Ricardo]

2 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

I thought they   just purchased a new plane for VIP's,so why charter

another plane.

regards Worgeordie

 

It only has a range of 2k miles, the Sukhoi jet  ...

[sharecropper]

32 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

The bill breakdown is:

Plane rental - 3,835,200 baht

Fuel cost - 10,776,000 baht

Food and beverages - 600,000 baht

Ground service operations - 2,636,400 baht 

Other expenses - 3,106,200 baht

 

 

I wouldn't want to be the chap who heads the department which published these details. He'll be getting a pair of socks as a retirement gift.

 

 

I think this has been very deliberately published by the PM's office. I can only speculate as to the reason/s.

[nausea]

Sounds like a statement of power to me. Rather like those older guys who, when in my youth I asked, "Why should I do this? said, "Because I tell you to".

[ExpatOilWorker]

2 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Could they not have flown for free on the national carrier?

 

I don't think the national carrier is flying to USA anymore after FAA raised a few issues with keeping up with documentation of maintenance. 

[captspectre]

why did they not use the Thai Air Force planes? oh, that's right they are above all the petty stuff.

[ExpatOilWorker]

58 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

The bill breakdown is:

Plane rental - 3,835,200 baht

Fuel cost - 10,776,000 baht

Food and beverages - 600,000 baht

Ground service operations - 2,636,400 baht 

Other expenses - 3,106,200 baht

 

 

I wouldn't want to be the chap who heads the department which published these details. He'll be getting a pair of socks as a retirement gift.

 

Cost of jet fuel is $1.32 per gal, so they are buying 867,000 l of fuel. 

A 100 seat plane burns about 3,000 l/hour, so they should be able to circumvent the Earth at equator about 5.5 time.