Originally Posted by
OK4Wire
In NC's absence, some very rough, back of the fag packet calcs, done at the back of the bus:
Sending only 25 Captains on a base for 6 years would save as much as every single Captain (1500-ish?) taking SLS, just from housing.
I know it's not an immediate saving, but the comparison continues to beg the question about bases.
And that pretty much sums it up around here. This cost cutting solution has been staring them in the face for years but they've had umpteen excuses to study it, think about it, try to extract concessions for it, etc., etc. Now they are trying to bail out the Titanic with a bucket.