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what i learned from the television this morning. it costs approximately $180,000 just to fly air force 1 anywhere (not sure if that includes crew)

Posted by tRuMaN, (possibly absurd) (aka Truman) Apr 26 '12, 06:54

and its a gray area in the law for the president to use AF1 for campaign stops, which some argue his tour of colleges right now are.

but amusingly, the local fox anchor chimed in "didnt president bush due the same thing?" which the national fox guy had to reply "well, yes" as they cut off the feed.

i would have thought the cost of flying AF1 to be higher than that though.

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i imagine that calculation includes everything. gas, crew, airport fees, etc etc etc. -- nm - Andie Apr 26, 06:55 13
- ok, it just seems like i had read/heard that it was higher than that. oh well -- nm - tRuMaN, (possibly absurd) Apr 26, 07:04 12
  - $200 million a day and a quarter of the American Navy! - Roger More Apr 26, 07:08 3
    - Did you know that the air force pays $15 for one screw? Hey! That's not a bad price for a screw. -- nm - Buddy Hackett Apr 26, 07:10 2
      - And what does the secret service pay? - Beryllium Apr 26, 07:12 1
        
        not enough to keep the hookers quiet. -- nm - loosilu Apr 26, 07:30
  - well, distance would matter. -- nm - Andie Apr 26, 07:06 7
    - I'm thinking some things are not in there because they are already being paid out of other budgets (crew:military, security:secret service/military) -- nm - zork Apr 26, 07:08 6
      - For what it's worth, when I briefly looked at chartering a military flight to Guam, the base cost was in the nieghborhood of $180K. So that was - loosilu Apr 26, 07:29
      - if it was calculated by Fox, i imagine they threw in everything to inflate it as high as possible (that's my guess). -- nm - Andie Apr 26, 07:09 4
        
        TFox is a bastard in that way -- nm - oblique Apr 26, 07:10 2
        
        you know us actuaries. it's my favorite trick to screw old people on their premiums. -- nm - TFox Apr 26, 07:11 1
        
        "Over 40, screw you!" -- nm - TFox Si Apr 26, 07:12
        
        true -- nm - zork Apr 26, 07:09

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