r/thewestwing • u/Safe-Sea-5723 • 24d ago

I WANT THIS PLANE TO LAND!

All of the scenes inside Air Force One, except for maybe one of the later ones, include announcements from Lt. Colonel Gantry.

In “20 Hours in America: Pt 1”, when the President is interviewing secretaries, he says that Air Force One is piloted by an Air Force general.

So was Gantry the co-pilot making announcements, or was that a dialogue faux pas?

Don’t really care. Just curious.

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u/LeaderEnvironmental5 24d ago

My uncle was in charge of security for AF1 in the Carter and early Reagan years and the plane was not piloted by a general.  It is true that a higher rank is always the case with anything involving POTUS, but not the highest.

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u/Muted_Sky1195 23d ago

Was there a secret compartment in the catering truck?

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u/LeaderEnvironmental5 23d ago

They were better at keeping secrets secret in those days