def wait_for_import_to_complete(self, import_id, region='us-east-1'):
        """
        Monitors the status of aws import, waiting for it to complete, or error out
        :param import_id: id of import task to monitor
        """
        task_running = True
        while task_running:
            import_status_cmd = "aws ec2 --profile {}  --region '{}' --output 'json' describe-import-image-tasks --import-task-ids {}".format(self.aws_project, region, import_id)
            res = subprocess.check_output(shlex.split(import_status_cmd))
            print "Current status: {}".format(res)
            res_json = json.loads(res)
            task_running, image_id = self.check_task_status_and_id(res_json)
Monitors the status of aws import, waiting for it to complete, or error out
        :param import_id: id of import task to monitor