My taxpaying self is outraged.

I booked flights for my parents to come visit us in January.  2 tickets from Chicago O’Hare to Barcelona and then on to Sevilla.  Round trip.

Plus we’ll even include the cost of 6 round trip tickets from Jerez to Paris during that time, which is the cost of my parents plus the four of us flying out for a long weekend.

All of that comes to under $1500.  Total.  For 2 round trip cross-continental flights and 12 inter-Europe (one-way) flights.

For me to fly from Jerez to Naples, Italy for 4 days (for a 3 hour trial) will cost $2,169.

I just shake my head at the cost of contracted services with the military sometimes.  It’s outrageous.