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

Morgantown to Columbus, OH to Morgantown to Atlanta, GA to Boca Raton, FL to Atlanta, GA (round trip)

Trip Details
  1. Date
    Jan 29-31, 2020
  2. Route
    LBE-MGW-CMH-RON(1)-CMH-MGW-FTY-BCT-FTY-RON(1)-FTY-MGW-LBE
  3. Destinations
    Morgantown, WV
    Columbus, OH
    Atlanta, GA
    Boca Raton, FL
  4. Aircraft
    Citation Excel (N504LV)
  5. Flight Hours
    8
  6. Approx. Distance
    2,198.49 nmi
  7. Flight Crew
    Dennis Paul Bucci
    Michael Scott Rittiger
Cost
  1. Hourly Rate
    $3,375.00
  2. Landing Fees
    $3,603.25
  3. Fuel Surcharge
    $2,727.63
  4. Crew Expenses
    $1,500.00
  5. Domestic Tax
    $4.30
  6. Est. Federal Tax†
    $2,612.64
  7. Total
    $34,835.18
  8. (per passenger)
    $4,976.45
$ 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 (7)
1. E. Gordon Gee
Dept.
WVU President
VP/Div.
President's Office
2. Maryanne Reed
Dept.
Provost
VP/Div.
Academic Affairs
3. Evan Widders
Dept.
Assoc. Provost
VP/Div.
Academic Affairs
4. Betsy Ratcliff
Dept.
Assoc. Professor - Str. For Learning
VP/Div.
Academic Affairs
5. David Miller
Dept.
Professor - Mathematics
VP/Div.
Academic Affairs
6. Nathalie Corcoran
Dept.
Professor - English
VP/Div.
Academic Affairs
7. George Zimmerman
Dept.
Executive Director - UR
VP/Div.
University Relations
Justification
  1. Justification

    student recruiting; state-wide wellness initiative meeting; donor relations

    President Gee will travel to Columbus to meet with the Columbus Academy for purposes of WVU student recruitment. He will also attend a meeting related to the collective impact effort that WVU is making through the state for wellness and community building. The plane will then retum to MGW, pick up WV passengers for a retention trip to Atlanta (drop them off, see other form), and then fly on to West Palm Beach for multiple donor relations meetings.

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

itinerary.pdf (129.7 kB)

Reservation Form

reservation.pdf (161.9 kB)

Invoice (2020-01)

2020-01.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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