[usafa92]

I don’t understand how we can take a 747 from Qatar and have it ready for the President in one year, but Boeing is taking a decade to build two brand new ones? How can that be? Well, we know the answer, but you would think that you could just build two 747s and then modify them like they just did with the Qatari 747. It’s mind-boggling.

[MinorityRepublican]

I don’t understand how we can take a 747 from Qatar and have it ready for the President in one year, but Boeing is taking a decade to build two brand new ones?

Because it's not a permanent plane but we'll be using it for the next two years until the replacement is ready.