Chartered Flights on Private Jets by the administrators of West Virginia University

Morgantown to Nashville, TN to Boca Raton, FL to Sarasota/Bradenton, FL to Fort Lauderdale, FL to Charlotte, NC (round trip)

Trip Details
  1. Date
    Feb 15-17, 2019
  2. Route
    LBE-MGW-BNA-BCT-RON(1)-BCT-SRQ-FLL-RON(1)-FLL-CLT-MGW-LBE
  3. Destinations
    Boca Raton, FL
    Sarasota/Bradenton, FL
    Fort Lauderdale, FL
    Charlotte, NC
    Morgantown, WV
    Nashville, TN
  4. Aircraft
    Citation Excel (N58LQ)
  5. Flight Hours
    8
  6. Approx. Distance
    2,264.54 nmi
  7. Flight Crew
    Anthony John Leone
    Michael Scott Rittiger
Cost
  1. Hourly Rate
    $3,230.00
  2. Landing Fees
    $3,111.11
  3. Fuel Surcharge
    $2,724.04
  4. Crew Expenses
    $1,500.00
  5. Domestic Tax
    $33.60
  6. Est. Federal Tax†
    $2,490.66
  7. Total
    $33,208.75
  8. (per passenger)
    $11,069.58
$ The cost of this flight is greater than one year of tuition.

† Federal Excise Tax is only an estimate of the actual, at 7.5%. It is not included in the total.

Carbon Footprint
  1. Fuel Burned‡
    1,984 gal
  2. CO2 Emitted*
    17.74 metric tons

‡ Citation Excel burns 248 gal/h.
* US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data shows the average CO2 emitted by burning 1 gallon of jet fuel/AVGAS is 8,939.50 grams.

Passengers (3)
1. E. Gordon Gee
Dept.
President
VP/Div.
President's Office
2. Laurie Erickson
Dept.
First Lady
VP/Div.
President's Office
3. John T. Fahey
Dept.
WVU Donor
VP/Div.
President's Office
Justification
  1. Justification

    Multiple donor relations events in FL

    Nashville: Public speaking engagement attended by national higher education leaders. Also to meet with Samar Ali regarding her consulting firm to help WVU with international collaborations; Boca Raten: President Gee, along with Mrs. Erickson, will attend a donor event in Palm Beach, FL. One of WWL’s major donors will be honored at the American Heart Association Heart Ball. Mr. Fahey, also a WV donor, will host President Gee and Mrs. Erickson at his sponsorship table. From Boca Raton, President Gee and Mrs. Erickson will travel to Sarasota to attend a meeting with a major WWU donor. They will return into Ft. Lauderdale airport due to lack of space at the Boca airport (due to the restrictions at the West Palm airport due to the POTUS visit to the area). From FLL, passengers will travel to Charlotte, NC for a meeting with WVU donors, Verl and Sandra Purdy. Mr. Purdy was also the cochair of the WVU Capital Campaign. From Charlotte, passengers returned to MGW.

  2. Signed for by
    Amy Garbrick
  3. Approved by
    Amy Garbrick
Trip Itinerary

itinerary.pdf (169.0 kB)

Reservation Form

reservation.pdf (104.0 kB)

Invoice (2019-02)

2019-02.pdf

Information on this site is classified as public record and was obtained from a legal request pursuant to W.Va. Code § 29B-1-1 et. seq. (WVFOIA).

This site is not affiliated with West Virginia University or LJ Aviation.

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