Private jet beggers

Why would the executives from GM, Ford and Chrysler go to Washington on a private jet to beg for money? Don't they have any notion of how stupid that is? Even if it's a drop in the bucket, isn't it a little insensitive? Quote from the CNN.com story:

"There is a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hand, saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses," Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-New York, told the chief executive officers of Ford, Chrysler and General Motors at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee.

"It's almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high hat and tuxedo. It kind of makes you a little bit suspicious."

It just shows that these guys either don't care or live in a different reality. Probably both.