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Old 15th Jan 2009, 10:04
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The Real Slim Shady
 
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Horses for courses.

The solution is to choose the airframe for the job, not to just pick up whatever is around and make it do 3 separate jobs.

For the Iraq, Afghanistan run a large twin like the A300 would be adequate: there are freighter and passenger around.

For MPA, go for the 747-400: lots of capacity and 4 donks for long overwater legs, freight capacity and freighters also available.

Convert the T*s to tankers and let them concentrate on that.

6 A300s and 4 747s would cost around $300 mill on the secondhand market.
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