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Report Suggests B-21 Bomber, Boeing 737, as New Air Force One
Back in December, Donald Trump caused a rucks when he tweeted that the costs for replacing Air Force One jets were "out of control." Now that Trump is in office, Defense Secretary James Mattis has ordered a full review of the $3.2 billion project to find ways to cut back costs. The aviation industry at large has taken notice. (www.popularmechanics.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Not sure we are ready to have the POTUS flying around in a European-built Airbus. Does make sense to adjust rules to allow a more cost efficient aircraft to be used for short hop continental US trips, but gotta have that 4-engine redundancy for any overseas or longer domestic trips. IMHO
Is the C-17 totally out of production now? Possibility there?
Many of you have made the obvious point very clear, safety and redundancy are the risk drivers here. 4 engine aircraft are an absolute necessity here for any overseas adventures that any current or future POTUS need to have under there feet. Common sense dictates this.
As for any replacements for the other Presidential fleet aircraft, B757 and B737 airframes, those are used by the various other administration dept heads and executives such as the VPOTUS. Past POTUS have used the 757 aircraft for CONUS trips. Used instead of VC25 for various reasons.
Using a twin engine platform for CONUS trips is a good economics play as well as it allows access to more smaller regional airfields especially when having to visit crisis areas in the country.
So maybe we replace the smaller fleet in the future with more up to date airframes such as the 787 or 767 or 737. I my opinion it isn't necessary to have to take the 47 out for a 3 hour tour to Kansas or Idaho to hold a rally or have a meeting.
Take the more cost effective jet to do the task. But overseas and out of country? Take the beast and show it off.
As for any replacements for the other Presidential fleet aircraft, B757 and B737 airframes, those are used by the various other administration dept heads and executives such as the VPOTUS. Past POTUS have used the 757 aircraft for CONUS trips. Used instead of VC25 for various reasons.
Using a twin engine platform for CONUS trips is a good economics play as well as it allows access to more smaller regional airfields especially when having to visit crisis areas in the country.
So maybe we replace the smaller fleet in the future with more up to date airframes such as the 787 or 767 or 737. I my opinion it isn't necessary to have to take the 47 out for a 3 hour tour to Kansas or Idaho to hold a rally or have a meeting.
Take the more cost effective jet to do the task. But overseas and out of country? Take the beast and show it off.
Until you think back to 2001. President Bush needed the capabilities of the 747 on that trip to Florida. If, as you propose, he had been in a smaller airframe, many of the communication and defensive systems would (most likely) been absent. It's not just being equipped with four engines, it's the internal space for equipment that makes a plane the size of the 748 necessary.
Leave the press at home. Let them fly commercial.
Can't do it. There are responsibilities that the press have that can only be accomplished if they are physically with the president.
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The traveling press corps has been perhaps most widely known as the first to report on immediate threats to the president’s safety, as well as covering some of the biggest crises of the past century.
Several pool reporters accompanied President George W. Bush to an elementary school in Florida on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, expecting the event to be little more than a photo opportunity. As the terror attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. unfolded, those journalists became some of the first people to hear from the president.
The president’s press corps is also the first to deliver news on his safety and well-being, being the first to cover such moments as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.
The White House press and traveling press corps can also capture spontaneous elements in the president's life, while being able to ask questions outside of the strict structure of a press conference. This type of open communication is a bedrock of democracy, according to Wagner.
“Shutting out independent, adversarial media professionals is something dictators do,” he said.
http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-tips/celebrity-travel/reporters-travel-with-president-trump
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So, no. The press can't just "fly commercial." If Steve Bannon gets to fly on AF1, so does The New York Times.
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The traveling press corps has been perhaps most widely known as the first to report on immediate threats to the president’s safety, as well as covering some of the biggest crises of the past century.
Several pool reporters accompanied President George W. Bush to an elementary school in Florida on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, expecting the event to be little more than a photo opportunity. As the terror attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. unfolded, those journalists became some of the first people to hear from the president.
The president’s press corps is also the first to deliver news on his safety and well-being, being the first to cover such moments as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.
The White House press and traveling press corps can also capture spontaneous elements in the president's life, while being able to ask questions outside of the strict structure of a press conference. This type of open communication is a bedrock of democracy, according to Wagner.
“Shutting out independent, adversarial media professionals is something dictators do,” he said.
http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-tips/celebrity-travel/reporters-travel-with-president-trump
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So, no. The press can't just "fly commercial." If Steve Bannon gets to fly on AF1, so does The New York Times.