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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by svartkanin on Sunday March 08, 2020 @05:27AM (#22517155)
I workes for a big telecommunication company in Australia and they did tge same thing with theur yearly budget.

At tge end of the financial year they would hire consultants for "ghost" projects that were supposedly starting in the future eventually.

This meant that they could book the costs for the current financial year and reduced the chance of getting their budget cut due to unused money

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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by alfiedotwtf on Sunday March 08, 2020 @06:07AM (#22517292)
Australian University checking in. Use your budget, or get next year’s budget cut
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Re:Airlines flying empty planes to keep flight slots during ... by protomyth on Sunday March 08, 2020 @09:10AM (#22517830)
This is the guiding mantra of every US Federal grant program.
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