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| Topic Started: Nov 19 2015, 09:09 AM (217 Views) | |
| Jonksy | Nov 19 2015, 09:09 AM Post #1 |
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PM to get his own 'Cam Force One': Government set to spend up to £10m on refurbishing aircraft - but officials say it will save taxpayers money David Cameron is to spend up to £10million on a prime ministerial airplane http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3324720/PM-Cam-Force-One-Government-set-spend-10m-refurbishing-aircraft-officials-say-save-taxpayers-money.html#ixzz3rvVgbVrB |
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| Steve K | Nov 19 2015, 10:56 AM Post #2 |
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Surely the answer is in your own post. "but officials say it will save taxpayers money " I'm rather persuaded by this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34864328 Can anyone rebut that? |
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| Pro Veritas | Nov 19 2015, 11:14 AM Post #3 |
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As I understand the plane already exists, the £10m is the refitting costs. If, as claimed, it cuts the cost/hr by a third it probably makes sense to do this - as long as the £775,000 / year saving times number of years in service adds up to more than £10m. So it'd need to be in use for what... ...12.5 years? Seems plausible to me. All The Best |
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| Steve K | Nov 19 2015, 11:40 AM Post #4 |
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I suspect there's a security issue too using charter aircraft |
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| Pro Veritas | Nov 19 2015, 11:42 AM Post #5 |
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Yeah, was thinking of that as well. A gov't owned, maintained, and operated place is going to offer much greater security than any charter plane can. Given recent events it probably makes sense for the gov't to have its own plane, even if doing so cost more than the current system. All The Best |
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| Jonksy | Nov 19 2015, 11:53 AM Post #6 |
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What good does cameron do when he goes abroad? Its not like he is a world players is it? And as for it saving money we have all heard that one before.. |
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| Steve K | Nov 19 2015, 11:56 AM Post #7 |
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Seems you won't really be happy until Cameron's a homeless beggar. Like it or not (and I don't) he was elected as PM and needs to travel abroad to do what the electorate wanted. |
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| RJD | Nov 19 2015, 12:30 PM Post #8 |
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Did Tony not want the Gov. to invest in BLAIR ONE? Looks to me that this Gov. is seeking to do a sensible job on the cheap. I like the way they try not to waste Taxpayer's Money. |
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| Jonksy | Nov 19 2015, 02:23 PM Post #9 |
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I won't be happy until he puts the country first rather than himself and his cronies..What a piece iof shit he is to run our country., If he did what the electorate wanted we would be outr of the EU now and immigration would be stopped at a stroke.. |
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| Affa | Nov 19 2015, 02:39 PM Post #10 |
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Considering the number of air-miles Cameron has racked up, it should be a good investment. |
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| RJD | Nov 19 2015, 04:37 PM Post #11 |
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![]() He should have ordered one of these.
Could call it Osborne One. |
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| skwirked | Nov 19 2015, 05:36 PM Post #12 |
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On Enforced Vacation
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I agree, a perfect place to snort coke off a black woman's teats while pretending to be dutifully doing his job helping the country. |
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| Lewis | Nov 19 2015, 06:54 PM Post #13 |
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So the £10 million is just the refitting costs for Scam Force One. What about the running costs comprising fuel, maintenance, staffing and insurances. How does that compare with the alternatives? |
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| Jonksy | Nov 19 2015, 07:38 PM Post #14 |
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And don't forget security.. |
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| Tigger | Nov 19 2015, 08:03 PM Post #15 |
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There are still plenty of serviceable Tiger-Moths in existence, surely in the interests of the tax payer and austerity you'd support the vast savings that a perfectly good piston engined aircraft would deliver over a turbo fan propelled Flatulent Nanny extravagance? |
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| Tigger | Nov 20 2015, 12:36 AM Post #16 |
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This is a collectors item please cherish it! The government has concluded that using privately owned aircraft is too expensive so what do they do? Yes that's right get the state to supply and run the aircraft because, THE TORY GOVERNMENT CLAIMS IT WILL BE CHEAPER! Any chance of this policy being rolled out in other areas? Edited by Tigger, Nov 20 2015, 12:37 AM.
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| Tigger | Nov 20 2015, 12:39 AM Post #17 |
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Looks a bit like a Lockheed Starfighter, the perfect aircraft for the chancellor, very good at or near ground level so I'm told......... |
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| Lewis | Nov 20 2015, 07:49 AM Post #18 |
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Flies 1mm above the gutter with the greatest of unease! |
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| AndyK | Nov 20 2015, 09:54 AM Post #19 |
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With wings that short it going to need a 20 mile long runway to land. |
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| Affa | Nov 20 2015, 05:30 PM Post #20 |
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