Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Re: President's Jet buzzes Lady Liberty; Manhattan freaks ou
While there are tons and tons of areas that tax dollars are frivolously wasted in America, you don't need to look at a flight such as this as an example of it. It is most definitely not a waste of anything.
It's the same argument people often use when complaining about military flybys of sporting events -- that somehow being part of such events is a big waste or a frivolous use of military time and equipment.
Remember, flying hours are flying hours. Military units are given specific numbers of allotted hours per year in order to accomplish specific training and mission objectives. Pilots need to accomplish certain numbers of events (individual sorties of different types, types of approaches, etc) every year during those allotted flying hours.
Those hours are going to be flown off essentially no matter what the type of mission is that is being accomplished. This particular photo flight updated currencies for the pilots involved, added to their required flights for the month, and allowed them to log off required events at a minimum.
You can bet that the VC-25 and the F-16 didn't just take off from Andrews, circle Mahanttan, then land. The probably went and did other things to log training events after that.
Again, the sortie and hours are going to be flown off either way to make sure everyone gets required currencies.
While there are tons and tons of areas that tax dollars are frivolously wasted in America, you don't need to look at a flight such as this as an example of it. It is most definitely not a waste of anything.
It's the same argument people often use when complaining about military flybys of sporting events -- that somehow being part of such events is a big waste or a frivolous use of military time and equipment.
Remember, flying hours are flying hours. Military units are given specific numbers of allotted hours per year in order to accomplish specific training and mission objectives. Pilots need to accomplish certain numbers of events (individual sorties of different types, types of approaches, etc) every year during those allotted flying hours.
Those hours are going to be flown off essentially no matter what the type of mission is that is being accomplished. This particular photo flight updated currencies for the pilots involved, added to their required flights for the month, and allowed them to log off required events at a minimum.
You can bet that the VC-25 and the F-16 didn't just take off from Andrews, circle Mahanttan, then land. The probably went and did other things to log training events after that.
Again, the sortie and hours are going to be flown off either way to make sure everyone gets required currencies.
:rotfl:You are kidding right?
