Writing off the expenses may be what they're doing, but another way of
looking at it is putting money they could (should) have taken home from the
business as income into the airplane instead. Nothing wrong with that, but
it of course puts them above the minimum wage. I don't at all begrudge them
their airplane or many wondrous adventures in it. And after spending that
much on the airplane and ploughing so much money back into the hotel it
probably does FEEL like minimum wage or poverty. But there ain't no one
making minimum wage who can afford to fly a private airplane all over the
country.
Scott Wilson