May I suggest you read this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window
Fuel and depreciation is simply wealth being destroyed.
Fuel and depreciation is simply wealth being destroyed.
Presuming so would also argue that the majority of human endeavor is also waste; everything from entertaining TV shows to having small animals as pets to music lessons to trips to private space flight to works of fiction.
Cash for clunkers is an example of the fallacy, operating a vehicle (be it a car or jet) for work/pleasure is not.