Comments on: How to spend $400 million on a helicopter

By: SuperMike

SuperMike — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:06:22 +0000

From the article:
“You don’t think of it in terms of what’s the cost of the individual helicopter,” he told the Post. “You think of it as, what do we need to do to protect the president?”

Call me callous, but I’m willing to accept a certain level of risk in my presidential transport. Why shouldn’t he fly the same (3 engine) well-armored CH-53’s that some of our finest (pave low) pilots fly every day? If things go really far south,we’ve got Cheney, after all.

By: Darin Marinov

Darin Marinov — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:25:30 +0000

“If the federal government were a private corporation and the same report came out this morning, our stock would be dropping and there would be talk about whether the company’s management and directors needed a major shake-up.” is what David Walker, comptroller general of the United States and head of the US Government Accountability Office said last December about the 2007 Financial Report of the United States Government.

By: SuperCorgi

SuperCorgi — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:14:38 +0000

It is just inexplicable, agreed to have to service/train/suppourt a small fleet of totally unique types, that after all of the VIP modifications have little in common with their EH101 forebears.

I’d figure on just rebuilding some CH-46s or CH-47s they could be CSAR-X types, but certainly have the cargo capacity. Really anything that is reliable or made reliable from under-rating, proficient crew and ground service/suppourt would be fine.

By: Len VT

Len VT — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:39:15 +0000

What’s $11 billion when we’ll likely spend $3 trillion on Iraq, a drop in the bucket.

And why have only 28, we should have a few more. The Under Secretary for Management and Administration shouldn’t have to drive anywhere, she should fly!