This is an abuse of military aircraft and Pelosi knows it. Typically, because these aircraft were purchased to serve specific, military-oriented flight profiles, the cost of these flights is thousands of dollars over the price of a regularly scheduled commercial flight.
Perhaps Madam Speaker is afraid to rub shoulders with the very people she claims to represent!?
Well, Denny Hastert started using them for the same purpose except from the article it seems his family and friends didn't "regularly" use them.
Seeing the raw power play congress used against the pubs in the budget process, I hope the Pres says too bad Nan. He can let her ride, Hastert did, but not her entourage.