Team Travel?

**HemiEd** · 11-21-2005, 02:14 PM

I am curious, how do the Chiefs travel. This is probably old news to many of you, but do they have a Chiefs plane? Do they use commercial or chartered planes? I have never heard anything about this that I recall.

ChiefsfaninPA · 11-21-2005, 02:15 PM

Horse and buggy.

Edubs · 11-21-2005, 02:16 PM

I am pretty sure they use chartered planes.

jspchief · 11-21-2005, 02:18 PM

My guess is charters.

It's a lot of money to buy a team plane for 10 games per year.

Rukdafaidas · 11-21-2005, 02:20 PM

Charters. I recall Vermeil saying something about Delta not being able to fly them to Miami the night before the game.

chief52 · 11-21-2005, 02:21 PM

I know the bus gets a police escort to the Stadium. When I was staying in Oakland for a Chief game we ended up right behind the bus on the way in. They had motorcycle escorts and police cars blocking off the intersections so they could go right through the lights. We were so close to the bus that the officers just kept waving us through. Got us right to the stadium...then they put a halt to us

It was fun getting a police escort to the stadium though!

**HemiEd** · 11-21-2005, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Edubs

I am pretty sure they use chartered planes.

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Originally Posted by jspchief

My guess is charters.

It's a lot of money to buy a team plane for 10 games per year.

Thanks, kind of what I thought. They are probably headed back to KC today and I was thinking about the post last week regarding the Redskins plane in KC.
Of course that is probably just a Dan Snyder personal jet "write-off."

ChiefsfaninPA · 11-21-2005, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

Of course that is probably just a Dan Snyder personal jet "write-off."

Everything in his life is a write off.

chief52 · 11-21-2005, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

Thanks, kind of what I thought. They are probably headed back to KC today and I was thinking about the post last week regarding the Redskins plane in KC.
Of course that is probably just a Dan Snyder personal jet "write-off."

I am sure Daniel Snyder has his own private Leer Jet, and it would not be like him to come in "unmarked". Too much ego for that...

chief52 · 11-21-2005, 02:28 PM

I believe NBA teams own their own plane. They do a lot more flying and take a lot few people. Plus they are able to customize the cabin for the players. They fly in style.

**Rain Man** · 11-21-2005, 03:13 PM

Boomer discussed it in one of his early diaries if anyone can find it.

jspchief · 11-21-2005, 03:14 PM

I don't doubt that the Skins have a team plane, and maybe a few other rich owners that do other business traveling as well.

I also wouldn't doubt that NBA or MLB teams would have planes due to the number of flights.

**HemiEd** · 11-21-2005, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by chief52

I believe NBA teams own their own plane. They do a lot more flying and take a lot few people. Plus they are able to customize the cabin for the players. They fly in style.

Makes sense, more road games times five. Plus a smaller plane will work.

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Boomer discussed it in one of his early diaries if anyone can find it.

Now that you mention it, I do remember him saying something about it. Further proof my short term memory is toast, dang it.

Scalper · 11-21-2005, 04:01 PM

They fly with Delta

**Skip Towne** · 11-21-2005, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Scalper

They fly with Delta

I wonder if Delta is "The Official Airline of the Kansas City Chiefs"?

11-21-2005, 02:14 PM
HemiEd Supporter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ozarks Casino cash: $-479436	Team Travel? I am curious, how do the Chiefs travel. This is probably old news to many of you, but do they have a Chiefs plane? Do they use commercial or chartered planes? I have never heard anything about this that I recall.
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jspchief BAMF Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Your Face Casino cash: $9998710	My guess is charters. It's a lot of money to buy a team plane for 10 games per year. __________________ Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
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11-21-2005, 02:21 PM	#6
chief52 Veteran Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NoCal Casino cash: $9805260	I know the bus gets a police escort to the Stadium. When I was staying in Oakland for a Chief game we ended up right behind the bus on the way in. They had motorcycle escorts and police cars blocking off the intersections so they could go right through the lights. We were so close to the bus that the officers just kept waving us through. Got us right to the stadium...then they put a halt to us It was fun getting a police escort to the stadium though!
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11-21-2005, 02:28 PM	#10
chief52 Veteran Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NoCal Casino cash: $9805260	I believe NBA teams own their own plane. They do a lot more flying and take a lot few people. Plus they are able to customize the cabin for the players. They fly in style.
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jspchief BAMF Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Your Face Casino cash: $9998710	I don't doubt that the Skins have a team plane, and maybe a few other rich owners that do other business traveling as well. I also wouldn't doubt that NBA or MLB teams would have planes due to the number of flights. __________________ Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
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11-21-2005, 04:01 PM	#14
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