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Boeing CEO meets with Trump over AF1 costs
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:04 pm
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President-elect Trump and Boeing CEO talk about Trump's threat to cancel plans for new Air Force One jets LINK
21m21 minutes ago
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President-elect Trump and Boeing CEO talk about Trump's threat to cancel plans for new Air Force One jets LINK
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Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:07 pm to joshnorris14
Some guy went into detail on fox about this. Said it's the militarys and secret services bells and whistles that account for the 2 billion per plane.
I think they can cut down cost, I'm just not sure how much
I think they can cut down cost, I'm just not sure how much
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:08 pm to PaperTiger
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This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:09 pm to joshnorris14
Sounds like Trump is just making more negotiations and lowering costs, while previous administrations just accepted the first estimate they received.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:09 pm to PaperTiger
Boeing C E O need to do some curious arse-Kissing.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:13 pm to PaperTiger
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Said it's the militarys and secret services bells and whistles that account for the 2 billion per plane.
I read it was like $850 million per plane, not $2B per.
ETA: I'm referring to the unit costs and you're grouping in all of the R&D costs as well. Fair enough.
This post was edited on 12/7/16 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:13 pm to joshnorris14
Please come out with estimates of .5 billion to 1 billion lower. Want to see some liberal spin.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:14 pm to slackster
The estimated costs are $3.2B
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:14 pm to joshnorris14
Kiss dat ring foo!
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:14 pm to joshnorris14
The 4 I think included the first couple of years of service ?
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:16 pm to joshnorris14
At least he is mindful of the government spending. Even if he lowers the bill by 250k, that's 250k he saved the tax payers.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:17 pm to PaperTiger
Air Force One is one of those things I'm not worried about the price tag personally.
I don't think you can put a value on preventing your leadership from being killed or compromised during an emergency. At what number is it no longer worth it?
If shite hits the fan an attack or a hacking attempt will be conducted by the most capable and well funded foes planet earth has to offer. To put our entire nations survival at a disadvantage to save maybe 1/20,000th of our current national debt seems stupid.
There are plenty of places to curb government spending. I just don't see this as one
I don't think you can put a value on preventing your leadership from being killed or compromised during an emergency. At what number is it no longer worth it?
If shite hits the fan an attack or a hacking attempt will be conducted by the most capable and well funded foes planet earth has to offer. To put our entire nations survival at a disadvantage to save maybe 1/20,000th of our current national debt seems stupid.
There are plenty of places to curb government spending. I just don't see this as one
This post was edited on 12/7/16 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:18 pm to Turbeauxdog
Yeah, many costs on large buys include O&M of the first 2 years...
I work small programs in Acquisition and the "horse blanket" (Acq/Sus plan) projects well beyond production
I work small programs in Acquisition and the "horse blanket" (Acq/Sus plan) projects well beyond production
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:19 pm to The Baker
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It's the directed energy weapons.
that doesn't surprise me
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:19 pm to Lsuchs
The government shouldn't allow private companies to fleece the American taxpayers on any contract
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:21 pm to Lsuchs
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I don't think you can put a value on preventing your leadership from being killed or compromised during an emergency.
That seat isn't that damn important...if the POTUS has so much power why is GITMO still open...
Heck the dude that sits in the srat was talking about "no terrorist attacks in 8 years" today...
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:22 pm to Lsuchs
I can't say I don't agree, but damn, that's a hefty price tag
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:22 pm to joshnorris14
Hopefully he'll squeeze in time to addres the shite fest known as the f35.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:23 pm to PaperTiger
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Some guy went into detail on fox about this. Said it's the militarys and secret services bells and whistles that account for the 2 billion per plane.
They can say that all they want, but when you put it in perspective that an...
Aircraft Carrier has all the same military bells and whistles and it is over a 1/4 mile long and 100yds wide
And is made of over 47000 tons of steel and has 2 Nuclear Reactors...
And it only costs 13.5 billion
This post was edited on 12/7/16 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:23 pm to Turbeauxdog
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The government shouldn't allow private companies to fleece the American taxpayers on any contract
We have no idea what goes into this plane. This entire R&D plus production is less than the unit cost of one new zumalt class destroyer (~500ft).
^ every single one of which can be rendered completely useless if air force once is shot down or hacked/compromised.
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