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In response to "Trump wants to cancel the next Air Force One order from Boeing, $4B cost -- (link)" by budice

Let me guess, he'd rather fly his own planes, and bill taxpayers for it?

Posted by znufrii Dec 6 '16, 06:28

Or better yet, he can just take delivery and refuse to pay! Sorry, Boeing!

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More importantly, how many manufacturing jobs would be lost if he did this? - znufrii Dec 6, 06:36 15
- It's....a couple of planes at most...so none -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 06:39 14
  - (I say a couple because I think they build a decoy too, don't they?) -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 6, 06:39 13
    - Not a decoy, but a second aircraft. Both are "Air Force One", which is a call-sign used only while the president is aboard. - TWuG Dec 6, 06:43 9
      - Thanks. I would expect both should be replaced. 1990 planes aren't ancient, but they are aged and due soon or soon-ish for replacement. - ty97 Dec 6, 06:45 8
        
        And it should be noted that United, Delta, European airlines, really all airlines, are retiring their 747-400 series aircraft in the near future - ty97 Dec 6, 06:47 7
        
        AF-1 are 747-200's -- nm - decline Dec 6, 06:50 5
        
        Technically they are VC-25As. :-) - TWuG Dec 6, 06:56
        
        ewww. why? -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 06:54 3
        
        Because they're 30 years old. -- nm - Ender Dec 6, 07:04 2
        
        I meant 'why did they order -200s rather than -400s' but it looks like these were actually built in 1986 -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 07:05 1
        
        And I meant "they ordered -200s rather than -400s because it was 30 years ago". -- nm - Ender Dec 6, 07:08
        
        Actually, I may be wrong about production shutting down soon. The cargo haulers tend to like the freighter version. -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 06:49
    - "In January, Boeing won a contract to start preliminary work on a new fleet of Air Force One presidential aircraft. " -- nm - decline Dec 6, 06:42 2
      - You expect me to actually read the article, don't you. - ty97 Dec 6, 06:43
      - (nor do I see anywhere that $4B cost. The initial payment on the contract was $26M) -- nm - decline Dec 6, 06:43

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Let me guess, he'd rather fly his own planes, and bill taxpayers for it?

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