Quote Originally Posted by Skyblade View Post

Besides the Highwind and the Tiny Bronco, the only aircraft we see are Gelnika, which are transport craft, and definitely not designed for comfort. If you're head of a worldwide dictatorship, you should get to travel in style and comfort. Hence the Tiny Bronco.
I don't think the Tiny Bronco is the type of vehicle to "travel in style" I'm afraid. Its not really about needing it for Rufus himself to pilot but rather they needed it to track down Sephiroth and the Promised land. Shin-Ra has helicopters for this kind of grunt work and besides, they find Sephiroth and the Temple of the Ancients long before your party does. I still feel it stands that this was a silly plot element created to get Cid to join you.