THE PILOTS AND CREW OF AIR FORCE ONE ARE FLYING MORE HOURS THAN A ROOKIE ON
A BEER RUN.
They are tired of it too, and are adding more crew to Air Force-1, I know
this for a fact because I'm one of the instructors that trains the crews.
Our company (Atlas Air) has had the Air Force-1 and E-4 contract for over
two years and I've been doing it for about 8 months now.
Last year (2010) Obama flew in Air Force One 172 times, almost every other
day. White House officials have been telling reporters in recent days that
the Democrat doesn't intend to hang around the White House quite so much in
2011. They explain he wants to get out more around the country because, as
everyone knows, that midterm election shellacking on Nov. 2 had nothing to
do with his health care bill, overspending or other policies, and
everything to do with Obama's not adequately explaining himself to his
countrymen and women.
And with less than a year remaining in Obama's never ending presidential
campaign, the incumbent's travel pace will not likely slacken. At an Air
Force-estimated cost of $181,757 per flight HOUR (not to mention the
additional travel costs of Marine One, Secret Service, logistics and local
police overtime), that's a lot of frequent flier dollars going into Obama's
carbon footprint.
$80 Million every time it lands & takes off.
We are privy to some of these numbers thanks to CBS' Mark Knoller, a
bearded national treasure trove of presidential stats. According to
Knoller's copious notes, during the last year, Obama made 65 domestic trips
over 104 days, and six trips to eight countries over 22 days. Not counting
six vacation trips over 32 days. He took 196 helicopter trips, signed 203
pieces of legislation and squeezed in 29 rounds of left-handed golf.
Obama last year gave 491 speeches, remarks or statements. That's more
talking than goes on in some entire families, at least from fatherly
mouths. In fact, even including the 24 days of 2010 that we never saw Obama
in public, his speaking works out to about one official utterance every 11
waking hours. Aides indicate the "Real Good Talker" believes we need more.
Related: Obama spends nearly half his presidency outside Washington, plans
to travel more.
RELATED: VACATIONER-IN-CHIEF SPENDS $1.75 MILLION TO VISIT HAWAIIAN CHUMS.
OBAMA HAS SPENT OVER $100 MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS FLYING AROUND IN AIR
FORCE ONE, AND PROBABLY ANOTHER $100 MILLION ON HIS ENTOURAGE.
OBAMA IS JUST ANOTHER TIN-POT DICTATOR LIVING LAVISHLY AT THE EXPENSE OF
HIS SUBJECTS.
And we seniors have to "tighten our belts"
THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED PUT THIS GREEDY WINDBAG IN OFFICE!!
PLEASE BE MORE CAREFUL NEXT TIME!!
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