If Trump is in the air the moment Biden becomes President . . .

[Chichiri]

. . . his plane will immediately change its call sign from Air Force One to either SAM 28000 or SAM 29000, depending on which VC-25A he's on.

He won't get to take Air Force One all the way home.

What a wonderful thought.

[FSogol]

1. Could the crew all parachute out?

[chriscan64]

4. I was thinking his Secret Service detail should jump out.

For the look on his face if nothing else. Anyone serving him food or drink is free to follow them out.

[soldierant]

65. Sadly, since he has not been convicted of an impeachable offense

and has not been voted ineligible to hold any other public office ever, he will still be entitled to Secret Service protection at that magic moment..

I hope we can change that for the future, but it won't be changed by 12:01 pm Wednesday.

[fleur-de-lisa]

33. Maybe throw something else out?

Why ruin a perfectly good plane?

[Jakes Progress]

60. "God as my witness, I thought that turkey

could fly”

They could use Arthur Carlson’s excuse.

[ShazzieB]

64. One of the all time TV classics!

[soothsayer]

2. Can it turn into a pumpkin?

[William Seger]

44. His henchmen are already turning into rats

[sboatcar]

3. I'm glad he didn't get to put is new color scheme on those

it was ugly and would have made me angry every time I saw it.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

16. Amen.

It was the same design as his campaign, only with the colors reversed.

[Laelth]

5. That is strangely comforting. Thanks. n/t

-Laelth

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

6. At noon the aircraft will be under the command of President Biden.

He can order it to return to Andrews without landing in Florida. Or better still, he can have it land in New York, where the D.A. will be waiting to have Fat Donnie arrested.

[BluesRunTheGame]

19. Send him on to Guantanamo.

[Girard442]

7. Call them back to Andrews.

The reason why is on a need-to-know basis.

[Generic Brad]

25. Divert it to New York

There just me be some papers there waiting to be served to him.

[Girard442]

28. Could we play the "Mission Impossible" theme just as Donnie realizes he's deplaning at JFK?

[gulliver]

58. Yep, seems like Biden could order that.

Trump would know that too, I guess, and would plan to be on the ground before Biden's Presidency starts. Otherwise, Biden could graciously announce to the country that the plane is no longer Air Force One but that he has ordered it to finish giving civilian Trump a ride home.

[lutherj]

8. Maybe the crew could just push him out. After all, his base keeps telling us that Pinochet did

nothing wrong.

[roamer65]

12. THIS.

[Eugene]

9. Same thing happened with Richard Nixon.

Both times a sign of disgrace.

[dalton99a]

10. Order it sent to Elmendorf AFB Alaska and make Trump call a cab

[DeminPennswoods]

70. Diego Garcia

He can swim back.

[lisa58]

11. And be arrested and taken into custody when he disembarks????

[DFW]

13. If it's wheels up at 9:00, he could barely make it.

And I'm sure he's got someone planning that.

[FloridaBlues]

21. That is my thinking he has to board by 9am in order to land by 12

[slater71]

26. I heard he leaves at 07:30.

He wanted to be off the plane before the Air Force One was removed.

[KentuckyWoman]

56. Well since he can't tweet ...

he'll be in and out of the john in 10 min ....

[GoCubsGo]

29. Hopefully, some patriotic air traffic controllers will see that it doesn't happen.

Or, whichever general is in charge of this shitshow's logistics.

[ProfessorGAC]

27. Wouldn't Clear Air & Priority Reduce The Time?

Asking because you would know.
I'm guessing AF1 would have it's path cleared, and there'd be no waiting a line to land.
How much would that cut off typical flight time.
I know it's 3 hours Chicago to Miami because we've done that flight several times
So also, is it actually 3 hours DC to south Florida? If so, I'd never have guessed that!

[DFW]

31. I think just under three hours to South Florida from DC

Of course, he needs to helicopter out to Andrews AFB, change planes, get settled in, taxi out, etc., so he needs for the helicopter to leave the White House lawn at around 8:00 if he wants to be wheels up by 9:00 out of Andrews.

[ProfessorGAC]

32. Be A Shame If...

...there was a hydraulic pump problem that was going to take 4.5 hours to fix! That the pilot discovered 10 minutes before take off!

[DFW]

35. Yes, that would really be a shame....

[yardwork]

46. You have more confidence in their competence than I do.

[DFW]

50. If they are airborne

One would hope they wouldn‘t need to stop along the way and ask for directions.

[Hoyt]

14. For some reason makes me think of the plane crash that took golfer Payne Stewart.

[getagrip_already]

15. apparently he was irate he couldn't use it after biden takes office without permission......

I guess he thought he could use it on a whim or something.

Wait till he's convicted and all of his remaining perc's disappear........

Rather than former president, he could be referred to as convicted seditionist.

[yardwork]

48. Like Barack Obama could use it any time he wanted?

Seriously? Trump thought he could use Air Force One for the rest of life? Did he see any other former presidents using it?

[calimary]

66. He should never see the inside of that plane again.

Not even the outside of it.

Must say I do like the idea of giving him a parachute, showing him how to use it, and then shoving him out.

[Mr.Bill]

17. Land the plane at the nearest airport and tell him to get out. n/t

[MyOwnPeace]

24. Best yet!!!!

Forget the airport - I'm thinking I-95 somewhere over South Carolina.

Or, finish the flight but prorate it from noon on - all 1st. class rates!

[Leith]

34. Not first class rates

Operating expenses rates. Doesn't it cost something like $200,000 an hour to run it?

[Denzil_DC]

38. His million-dollar-a-year travel allowance wouldn't take him far at those rates! n/t

[Leith]

40. Good

nt

[MyOwnPeace]

45. Good point!!!

And what did they end up charging that once-Cabinet-member who was flying him and his family all over the place........ GAWD, this whole four years has been such a FUSTERCLUCK of corruption!!!!!!!!!

BUT, HE WILL BE GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EarthFirst]

18. Fuck.

I was hoping you were going to say it would turn into a pumpkin and plummet from the sky...

[dem4decades]

20. They should shut down the TV reception. No TV, no twitter, he just might jump out.

[Sneederbunk]

22. Call sign becomes Florida Man 1.

[meadowlander]

55. Or Individual 1.

[Buckeyeblue]

23. He should be arrested and taken into custody at 12:01 PM. He is a national security risk.

I wonder if part of all of security in DC is to not only protect the new President and Vice-President, but to prepare to the potential reaction of arresting Trump.

[central scrutinizer]

30. Install a meter

Once Biden is sworn in, bill him for the remainder of the trip. Alternatively, land at the nearest airport and usher him out.

[NotASurfer]

36. If at noon, let's imagine, an indictment were to be unsealed and an arrest warrant issued

Imagine the flight being diverted to a secure location where representatives of law enforcement were waiting to take him into custody

I probably do not live in the universe where that outcome unfolds, sadly, but it is a thought that makes me smile.

[Grammy23]

39. You wouldn't be the only one smiling!

[Takket]

37. he'll be in florida by then.

[IronLionZion]

41. He should just head to Moscow and never come back

or find some other country that won't extradite him back here to face trial for his many crimes against humanity

It would be funny if Putin put him in Siberia for the rest of his life

[whopis01]

42. I was hoping it would change to Con Air. n/t

[ashredux]

43. Oh...I thought they would just kick him off

[MyOwnPeace]

47. OK, how about this......

12:00 Joe gets sworn in. 12:02 Kamala or Dr. Jill hands him a cell phone and PRESIDENT JOE calls the pilot:

"Hi! This is your PRESIDENT. Bring him back - the FBI will be waiting to give him a "special" ride."

[FakeNoose]

49. Didn't Nixon get a free ride on AF1 after he resigned?

I thought he did, but maybe it was just the helicopter.

[matt819]

51. Serious question

If he's in the air when Biden is inaugurated, does the plane turn around or land at the nearest available airport?

[Chichiri]

57. I imagine it could, if Biden were to order it.

Which Trump probably doesn't want to risk, so I'm guessing he'll make sure to be off the plane before noon. But otherwise the plane will carry out its scheduled flight plan with a non-Presidential call sign.

The same thing happened to Nixon; he was in Air Force One over Missouri when Ford was sworn in, and the pilot immediately called control and changed the call sign to SAM 27000. He still got to go the rest of the way to California. Just not in Air Force One.

[birdographer]

52. The Capitol rioters were put

on a no-fly list. Wouldn't you think the man who instigated the siege would deserve at least that? And then, pilot's discretion at who sits in his plane. He has the authority to land anywhere and get the terrorist off his plane. Might have to wait till the terrorist is a civilian and not the president, of course (what planet are we on????).

[jmowreader]

53. I suspect there will be US Marshals on the plane

As soon as the Chief Justice speaks the words “Congratulations, Mr. President,” they will apprehend him. The Secret Service officers on the flight will assist - he’s been crapping on the Secret Service so long, it will be their pleasure.

I don’t see them diverting, but it’s possible...after all, Palm Beach County does have a jail they can take him to until the Air Force can come up with a C-130 to fly him to New York.

[berni_mccoy]

54. I would hope that the AF1 crew won't let that happen.

And that they wouldn’t approve any flight paths that would cause that to happen.

[LiberalArkie]

59. Now is not the time for the Democratic Party to be nice. Now is the time to be the Republicans worst

nightmare.

[CanonRay]

61. I want them to land at the nearest available airstrip

and throw his ass off on the tarmac.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

62. I hear Thule is nice this time of year.

He wanted to buy Greenland, right? He can scout places for more golf resorts.

(Apologies to Denmark, yes I know you're not selling it. Yet.)

[RobertDevereaux]

63. Barring tossing the fucker out, midair,...

...the pilot could insist that all passengers wear a mask, stay seated with seat belts fastened, and speak not at all.

[tccturtle]

67. Unless something has changed since 14th

He has ordered a ummm very bigly pomp & circumstance send off by party members and White House staff including what few Cabinet members are left. He will then depart the White House and DC aboard Marine One (helicopter), which will fly over the inauguration site.

[Doreen]

68. I have this vision of in mid air everybody including the pilots

Parachuting out of the plane leaving donny with no parachute. The panick on his face I envision is hilarious.

Okay, destroying a good plane on him wouldn't be good.

[bottomofthehill]

69. The norm is SAM tail number, BUT....

Although they don’t have to
I would like to see something like Special Air Mission Failed Presidency

SAM Failure
SAM criminal transport
SAM Russian Asset

[SheltieLover]

71. Give him.a parachute & shove his fat ass out the door

[Gisilbertus]

72. Better count the silverware and bars of Airforce 1 soaps

As long as he is out of Washington DC for the inauguration. He will be tried, and tried again. He will go broke, whine and bitch.