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Originally Posted by justme

I only posted to bring to light the idea that funding "stunts" so soon after you have had any lay offs may not be the best idea.

OK, but as pointed out already you need to check your facts before you post. AirTran never laid off anywhere near that number of people, most of the layoffs were for a one month period only, and how do you know how much they spent on this? The never paid for lodging since he slept on the plane. They never paid for food, as I understand it people brought him stuff. Also someone on the inside told me that he always had someone else flying with him (who do you think was holding the camera for all that video of him on the planes) - that person probably also got food. So in the end, the only real expense would have been paying Mark himself. How much of that would realistically covered payroll for how many employees?

Something else you have to keep in mind is that AirTran has signed on quite a few sports figures in the past (Danica Patrick, Dan Wheldon, Jake Delhome, and prior to the doggie incident Michael Vick), plus a few others. They didn't pay them with money. They gave them a certain number of plane tickets. Not every flight they would take is going to be 100% full, so that means that not every flight is loosing one seat of revenue, so this is a hell of a lot cheaper than paying them outright. Now it looks like this guy's frequent flier credits are being donated, but I'm willing to bet he still has a few free flights ahead of him.