MainRunway From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 167 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 3116 times:
everything but the 747. Came in for Sen. Byrd's funeral. Check out the picture of the military ramp with the fleet parked there. There are pix and video.
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11705 posts, RR: 52 Reply 1, posted (2 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 2958 times:
Seems like a waste to fly all those airplanes just 200-300 miles, or so. Why didn't they just ride in busses?
This is just another example of wasting the tax payer's money.
dl767captain From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 2539 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (2 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 2942 times:
let's be real here, if you were a senator would you honestly take a bus?
Those planes aren't like commercial planes where they can carry 100 passengers or so, they are outfitted like business jets so it takes a few more planes.
donniecs From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 75 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (2 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 2923 times:
One would think that there would be a more efficient use of our tax payers money but defiantly not at that level and not yet. I've done a ADW-BWI-ADW mission back in the day with a C-37B and a lot of our flights out of RMS where even worse.
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11705 posts, RR: 52 Reply 4, posted (2 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2852 times:
let's be real here, if you were a senator would you honestly take a bus?
Those planes aren't like commercial planes where they can carry 100 passengers or so, they are outfitted like business jets so it takes a few more planes.
It would have been one thing if they chartered a commerical jet to take all the Senators on one airplane, then the C-32A, C-40B, or C-37A for AF-1, but they used some 9 different airplanes, not counting AF-1. It would be interesting to find out the total cost of this 258 nm, 34 minute trip from ADW-CRW.
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11705 posts, RR: 52 Reply 6, posted (2 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 2735 times:
Quoting CheetahC (Reply 5): Perhaps they aren't allowed to travel on a single aircraft, incase of a crash etc.?
That is not a consideration for either house of the Congress. It only applies to the POTUS, VPOTUS, and Cabinent Members.
The best this current Congress deserves is a dirty bus with two flat tires and no air conditioning.
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