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, over-spending or other policies,
and everything to do with Obama's not adequately explaining himself to his
countrymen and women.
And with only 673 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 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.
$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.
And we seniors have to "tighten our belts"
THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED PUT THIS GREEDY FRAUD IN
OFFICE!!
PLEASE BE MORE CAREFUL NEXT TIME!!
We Need God in America, Again



