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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
**snip**At least the President rejected the idea of a new fleet of helicopters for use as "Marine Ones". He was happy with the old helicopters and nixed the idea of spending $6.1 billion to build the 28 new "star wars-equipped" helicopters to form the Marine One fleet.
Kayaker is right. Every single Senator--all 100 of them--spend more on their staffs, many a whole lot more, than Michelle Obama spends for her staff. Social secretaries?...phfisssh. Let's get serious.
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I think the nixing of new Presidential Fleet Copters was a mistake.
The current birds (Vietnam era) are a heck of a lot older than the pilots that fly them. Spare parts are a BIG problem, since a lot of the OEM's no longer exist. It's not like walking into your local Chevy dealer's parts department. I think they are close to the point where a new Fleet, based on current birds, would be cheaper than the upkeep on the old Fleet.
