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Boeing Set For Huge Profits From Tanker Deal
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 I'm very out of date on KC-135's, but in my time, there were 4 crew members and it took 6 crews to hold down and aircraft.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". |
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