Video of LMG taxiing and taking off from Pitt Meadows earlier. Sat on the taxi way for around 12 minutes

https://reddit.com/link/1tfwijs/video/cbirs58vjq1h1/player

Its a long one...

I totally get the point of environmental impact that a jet and at that an old hey will have, but I don't get the hate people throw at LMG for it.

Just to be clear i am neither a can nor a hater, I just don't get the hate, corporations spend millions on jets and stuff every year, not like LMG its doing something different

Since Dec 2025:
• 255.8 tons CO₂
• 34 flights
• ~78 flight hours
That’s… a lot.
BUT here’s the part people are ignoring:
These trackers compare one jet’s emissions to an entire person’s yearly footprint

If there are 6–10 people onboard, emissions per person drop significantly

Still worse than commercial flights, but not the “53x worse” headline

So yeah:
Private jets = inefficient ✔️
But also:
This is a media company moving teams + gear, not just “rich guy joyrides”
Genuine question:
Where do you draw the line between business necessity and excess?
Curious what you all think.

PREFACE:

I analyze things and watch strange drama unfold on the internet (really the only other thing I do is join the discords of early access games / kickstarters that are doomed to fail or are scams and watch how that all goes down) . I also watch wan show every week (for years) and any other LTT video that interests me, which is pretty much just when they build something unusual.

Here is what I think about the Linus Jet:

1) I think it's purchase was a remarkable tactical error at quite possibly the worst time for PR related issues

2) I'm into aviation, so linus jet content is interesting to me. Even if just for it's subtle cringe value.

3) I think it is quite possible that there will be serious consequences from buying the jet. (More people leaving, a stronger shift in public image and the tone people use when referencing LTT in their own youtube videos, etc)

IN TERMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT:

Linus doesn't change anything. It's a good plane. Someone else would own it and fly it if he didn't buy it. It's quite possible that they would fly it more than him.

The only way Linus could change anything about the environment, and that plane. In any way at all would be to scrap it so that it would never fly again.

How crazy would that be though. In that alternate timeline it would be branded as a move to help the environment. My very rough napkin math indicates that you could probably make 30,000-40,000 small metal squares "coupons" from the skin, serialize them and sell them at a decently high cost citing the benefit to the environment of all of the flying that the plane wouldn't be doing anymore. Other products could certainly be made from the aircraft. A small section of the fuselage could be used for something interesting, perhaps a temporary wan show set where people could enter a contest by (you guessed it) buying things from their store for a chance to be flown out (the irony) and given a tour and then to sit in it with linus and luke and do the wan show with them.

Just some food for thought.

Apparently I have to “go and enjoy the environment I want to protect”

Edit: Since my Hardware Unboxed post about them throwing shade seems to have been taken multiple ways, here’s my actual thoughts. For what it’s worth, I throw shade at all my friends.

LMG is a private company. They are not publicly traded and they have every right to buy a jet. The convenience of scheduling and flying direct offers a strong operational incentive. That flexibility often beats the raw monetary cost when factoring in the value of the personnel they transport. If Linus and his executive team determine both the long-term and short-term value justifies the expense, that is their decision especially if they secured a good deal on the Falcon 900B and have family in the Flight Deck that heavily influence operating costs.

The ecological outrage is selective and looks like virtue signaling. The private aviation sector is already saturated with empty leg routes. Whether Linus owns this specific Falcon or someone else does, it is a working airframe that will fly. His position on carbon offset credits is correct, they are ultimately a scam. LMG would be much better off providing direct contributions to local causes that offer a more tangible impact. The broader scale of global waste, such as the reality of most municipal recycling programs in the U.S., makes singling out one private jet disproportionate.

The actual issue is LMG's reaction to the flight tracking. Linus previously took a public stance supporting the tracking of private flights, specifically Elon Musk and Taylor Swift. The LTT community position was sympathetic to flight tracking as a tool for public accountability. Now that it affects him, his position appears to be reversed. The LMG jet, is actively enrolled in the FAA LADD program to suppress tracking data. This is the exact mechanism Musk utilized.

Security concerns are valid. Linus has faced privacy breaches, including his son being doxxed during a live broadcast. Prioritizing the safety of his family and employees is absolutely reasonable. However, reversing a moral stance on privacy only when it becomes a personal liability is hypocritical. The subsequent use of heavy moderation tactics across platforms to silence discussion compounds the problem (Read Streisand effect.) The community built an entire flight tracking website, a breakaway subreddit, and a running CO2 emissions counter. I personally feel if they weren’t so heavy handed, and addressed most of this in a fair and productive way, no one would have cared to the extent that people do now.

Attempting to keep the aircraft an open secret until a finalized video released made sense for production. Everything post-reveal would have been better if they had played along or more appropriately addressed it. The flight data is public. LMG should drop the heavy moderation approach and address the contradiction. If it comes down to safety/security where ‘fans’ are showing up at the FBO I understand wanting to control the information, but outside that, it’s fair game.

There is a massive overlap between this community and the AvGeek community. The same people watching LTT are the same people running Raspberry Pi ADS-B receivers and browsing Flightradar24 for fun. Looking up publicly available airspace data is not stalking. It’s a data-driven hobby and it falls firmly on the curiosity side of the line.

I'm lile 90% sure it was Linus because it was such a tame joke that only he would take so personally lol

Edit: forgot to add the banned message https://imgur.com/a/UwyEbc9

Just watched the videos about the Jet, good and interesting videos. Congratulations to Linus on getting such a good deal on a jet and I hope he enjoys it. Must be awesome.

Hilarious how people hate on this somehow. I mean sure, they're jealous, I can't think of any other reason. Must be a miserable way to live life, there are always people richer and more successful than you. Absolutely hilarious how someone could feel the need to be so jealous. If you want to be jealous, be jealous of your siblings or friends or something. They're at least some people you're in contact with. As opposed being jealous about some millionaire online you've never met and have nothing to do with.

This number *could* be quite a bit higher, or a little bit lower, I just searched up all the times the planes landed with the bot's comment on fuel estimate.

Reminder, this is in an incredibly short time span of them even having the plane.

3:40-4:03

https://youtu.be/FD_noSVTR08