In a world filled to the brim with recession and environmental crises, private charters have taken a bad rap. Major auto companies cruised to DC in expensive private jets, only to ask Congress for hordes of bailout money. In 2007, the now infamous Live Earth concert, a supposedly carbon-neutral event, hosted a bevy of artists jetting themselves, and their sizable entourages, on private carriers to the show – stomping-down a hefty eco-footprint.