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Excessive for a Temp? (12/26/97)
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Well, the rumors have come true-- an AP story in the Las Vegas Sun reports that Steve Jobs has gotten the go-ahead from the the City Council to build a $40,000 heliport near Pixar to facilitate his commute. And while the article doesn't mention, there's been rampant speculation that the commute Steve really wants to reduce is the one between Pixar (where he serves as CEO) and Apple Computer (where he serves as CEO).

The permission comes in the form of a one-year lease on the former naval fuel depot where the heliport will be built. In addition, Steve has four one-year options to renew. Now if Steve did this to speed up his commute between Apple and Pixar, that doesn't sound like the arrangement of a temporary Apple CEO, now, does it? Or, at least, it doesn't sound like the act of a man who is considering stepping down from Apple's board of directors to allow a permanent CEO the room he/she would need to maneuver Apple back to profitability.

Yes, this is all speculation-- as the article states, Steve may just want to reduce the time it takes to get between Pixar and home. But to us it seems like Steve's digging his heels in and plans to stay in the Apple picture for a while. Unless, of course, he considers $40,000 small change-- which we suppose is quite possible. In any case, once Steve buys a chopper, his commute will drop from over an hour to about 25 minutes-- even on heavy-traffic days. I suppose that's worth 40 grand to some people. We at AtAT are hoping he paints flame detailing on the chopper.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 12/26/97 episode:

December 26, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

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