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In response to "Let me guess, he'd rather fly his own planes, and bill taxpayers for it?" by znufrii

More importantly, how many manufacturing jobs would be lost if he did this?

Posted by znufrii Dec 6 '16, 06:36

Way to look out for the middle class!

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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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