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 three years and I've been doing it for about 18 months now.
Last year (2011) 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 2012.They explain he wants to get out more around the country
because, as everyone knows, that midterm election shellacking had nothing to do
with his health care bill, over-spending or other policies, and everything to
do with Obama's not adequately explaining himself to his countrymen and women.
And with only 288 days 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 ½HOUR
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.
$8 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.
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