Struggling Air Force One To Begin Selling Passenger Tickets

[Matt Molnar]

Struggling Air Force One To Begin Selling Passenger Tickets (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/struggling_air_force_one_to_begin?utm_source=slate _rss_1)

September 10, 2008 | Issue 44•37

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WASHINGTON—With oil prices hitting record levels, the United States Air Force announced today that it has begun selling passenger tickets on all flights operated by its Air Force One fleet in order to maintain the service as a "feasible enterprise."

"It no longer makes sense financially to let one passenger dictate when and where we travel," acting Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley said in a press conference at the Pentagon, the Air Force's corporate headquarters in Arlington, VA. "We've got a big plane here, and there's no reason we shouldn't be filling it." [Full Article (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/struggling_air_force_one_to_begin?utm_source=slate _rss_1)]

[kc2aqg]

I'm not sure what's more disturbing, the fake press release or the fact that they photoshopped 4 engines onto an A320 body LOL

[Jetinder]

is this some kind of a wined up ?

[moose135]

is this some kind of a wined up ?
If that means a joke, then yes, it is. "The Onion" is made up of such joke/spoof news stories, poking fun at one group or another.

[Jetinder]

is this some kind of a wined up ?
If that means a joke, then yes, it is.

Hi Moose

Sorry guys in the UK it has 2 meanings
:-
1) A joke
2) Can also mean to annoy some one by bugging them a lot and thus wined them up like a clock work toy until they snap and watch their reaction a bit like what the tv show Candid camera does to people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candid_Camera

My last post was meant to say is this as a joke.

[Nick]

ONN rules!!!