Ron Parsons wrote in message ...
In article nk.net,
"Robert A. Fowler" wrote:

What is the offset expense of maintaining and operating the 136 aging Boeing
KC-135E aircraft ?

- Fewer aircrews (5 people x 100k/year x10 years + 5m training cost + 2
crews per airframe) = 30 Million$ for each kc-135 eliminated ~$1.08 Billion
savings in aircrew alone. 136 vs 100.

I'm very out of date on KC-135's, but in my time, there were 4 crew
members and it took 6 crews to hold down and aircraft.

In more recent times, there were 2 or 3 crew on a B-767 and if you add a
boomer, you are back up to 4, but it still takes 6 crews to hold down an
aircraft.

But, that's also why Boeing is going down the tubes.
Since nobody but Boeing or the Military understand
the words "Standby".