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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too many political VIPs see the helicopter ride as a perk of doing the job. The pilots need flight hours. The military likes to use their toy; more use means more justification for higher budgets. Thus, you have a bunch of flights at all hours of the day because VIPs don't want to sit in a car ride to the Pentagon or Langley. But the airspace around DCA is the most congested in the country and the odds of a catastrophic accident go up the more aircraft you put in the air. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. [/quote] It was bipartisan legislation voted in by congress that put even more flights in the air at DCA, to the minority objection of local VA and MD government leaders.[/quote]
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