NetApp boss flying high on Phenom?

As 500 NetApp staffers get their pink slips, it appears their their boss has a new airplane, an EMB-500 turbo-jet. EMB-500 jet The jet is made by Embraer-Empresa of Brazil and has a serial number of 50000010. You can see the US FAA record for this jet registered to Dan Warmenhoven here. (Click on the 673DC link). It is a …

[Anonymous Coward]

this'll be following the Carly Fiorina precedent, presumably

Let them eat Crunchie.

[Gary]

To be fair...

...new jet orders are typically placed months in advance of delivery. It is entirely likely that the original order was placed before any of this current financial crisis started, and they would likely have had to pay a penalty if the order was cancelled this far into production.

It's unfortunate on the timing of these jets being delivered, since business jets do actually serve a legitimate purpose. Which isn't to say that there aren't corporations abusing their spending power at the top, but we shouldn't be too quick to judge either.

[Anonymous Coward]

A fast commute

..and follow this link ( http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N673DC ) to see where he's flying the friendly skies.

Paris, of course. There could be no better trolley dolly.

[Anonymous Coward]

Wackage

He should have wacked more and got a bigger jet. Or increased the license costs for

snapshots.

[Anonymous Coward]

Play it again S.A.M.

Surface to Air Missile

[Anonymous Coward]

To be fair(ly fast to the office)

... egos are hard to deflate. Way back, there was the 'my mast's bigger than yours' tussle between Larry Ellison and Jim Clark with their yachts. Don't think this is a NetApp jet, this is the man sticking the finger up at the plebs commuting to the Valley up Hwy 1 & 101 in their techie leccy-mobiles. Most of his flights are no more than 15 minutes duration between Monterrey and San Jose.

[Peyton]

To be fair

Two years ago we were just as perfectly aware that private jets are not the most eco-friendly mode of transit.

[Anonymous Coward]

Just a small observation, delete if appropriate

"Embraer" is the short name of "Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S. A.", Brazilian Aeronautics Enterprise -- "Embraer-Empresa of Brazil" doesn't sound right.

[Anonymous Coward]

Not sure the purpose of this article.

If it's something someone bought with their own money 2 years ago, why even bother with a comment about the jet unless there's some pent-up antagonism about NetApp's successful history.