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A Spirit Airlines pilot recently flew a little too close to the president’s Air Force One while President Trump was onboard and got publicly\u00a0scolded for it.<\/p>\n
According to ABC News<\/em><\/a>, on Tuesday (Sept. 16) Spirit Airlines Flight 1300, which was headed\u00a0to Boston Logan International Airport from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., cut it a little too close for comfort to the president’s plane.<\/p>\n An air traffic controller popped onto the open line of communication and had a harsh message for that pilot: “Pay Attention!\u00a0Spirit 1300, turn 20 degrees right,” the controller said, according to the LiveATC.net<\/em><\/a> audio.<\/p>\n The air traffic controller then beefed up a little and repeatd, “Spirit 1300, turn 20 degrees right now.”<\/p>\n After that, he sternly told the pilot, “Spirit Wings 1300, turn 20 degrees right immediately!”<\/p>\n Apparently, the plane was a good eight miles from Air Force One, which is around 42,000 feet, and that was too close.<\/p>\n It’s interesting to see this side of things, as we have heard of flights being temporarily grounded while a President lands at the same airport. This is one of the first times we get to see how close is too close to get to Air Force One.<\/p>\n Once the Spirit pilot finally got the message and took control of the situation, the air traffic controller had to pop back on once again to give him another lashing.<\/p>\n “I gotta talk to you twice every time. Pay attention, get off the iPad.”<\/p>\n The air traffic controller wasn’t just assuming the pilot was playing on an iPad. The pilots use an iPad to help in their navigational process throughout the flight.<\/p>\n Air Force One gets used a lot. In an average year, it takes on 6,500 missions and logs nearly 12,000 flight hours.<\/p>\n There are two of them, which have been in service since 1990, and they originally cost around $325 million each. That is approximately $660\u2013$800 million per plane in today’s dollars.<\/p>\n It’s always shocking when last year’s Entertainer of the Year favorite is shut out of this year’s nominations. That’s mostly what happened to the No. 1 artist on our snubs and surprises list.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nHow Often Does Air Force One Get Used?<\/h3>\n
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