• InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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    5 days ago

    there’s no way the shooter is passing for that.

    I didn’t say he was.

    countries still do passport control for private planes.

    My hunch is that you’re wrong. If somebody flies a $20 million swanky private jet into the right airport (or airfield) and they don’t want to deal with “hassles” they don’t have to.

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    I googled.

    How Private Jets Allow Fliers Around the World to Skirt Immigration

    A British whistleblower revealed what the industry already knew: Fly private and anything goes.

    […]

    79 percent of private flights, like those to LCY in 2023, faced no passport scrutiny whatsoever, according to the supposedly defective records Neal flagged.

    This is not a hill I’m willing to die on. A single article that agrees with me is proof of nothing. But I really believe if somebody is rich enough (or even seems so) they get to avoid all sorts of regulations, rules, and even laws.