Hey, she didn’t say he was President, just that he went golfing!
rowe33
6451
In the clip she actually says President Obama. This woman has been an imbecile on the air for a while now - I can’t believe she’s going to be part of the White House now. On the other hand, why has it taken her so long to be part of this White House?
She might want to be careful of the ‘went golfing’ trope. Just seems dangerous in her current position.
Fucking thread worth reading.
One of the IGs booted on “Largely Overlooked Friday” was the head of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, who are supposed to ensure that our $2 trillion do not go to lining the pockets of Trump and his buddies.
Tremendous thread here on the anti corruption crusader himself.
Believe that was Monday, not that it matters.
Turns out, he was a pretty typical Trump guy
He went the way of all Trumpers — ruin and disgrace.
RichVR
6461
That is too positive a name. It sounds like respect. I prefer Trump-pets.
If only there was some way to play a speech over an intercom without actually flying all the way to the ship. Like if you could somehow Zoom your words to another location without having to move your physical body there.
ShivaX
6463
But then someone might leak it and embarrass you.
Oh wait.
I have no issue with the SecNav flying out to deliver an address in-person to a crew that just lost their commander. I think the boggler is why it cost so much to do it.
ShivaX
6465
VIP jets maybe aren’t the best choice for 35 hour flights.
But he’s not going to fly like a commoner.
Maybe they include the depreciation cost of the airplane in the figure? I’m not an accountant so Im probably wrong.
To be fair, getting a commercial flight to anywhere today is not going to happen. He could have circulated a statement to the sailors or done it via video instead though.
I’m not either, but as a former hobbyist;
The G550 (the name for the C-37B) uses about 358 gallons of jet fuel per hour * 35 hours * cost of fuel (today, 100LL fuel is going at an average of $5.19/gallon) = $65,030.
The rest was probably crafted from a table like this one:
As an aside, if they’re using some sort of depreciation, the current value of a new G550 is $64 million with a planned life of 40k hours. $64m/40k = $1600/hour * 35 hours usage = $56,000 of aircraft value used.
