...Well, that's because World was a CIA proprietorship with unlimited tax dollars support. That's why the late, pistol packing, CEO Ed Daly was able to fly his B727-173s inside Vietnam during the raging war. Do you know of any insurance company that would insure airframes & crew & passengers when flying in an active war zone?
Horse****, don't know why, may call it a publicity stunt but when have you ever known the US government to pay for humanitarian aid, the non-payload was children for christ sakes. WORLD is and has been a CRAF partner for years, as a result of that they have kept busy enough to stay aloft.
Example, early 2000/early2001, they were in bad shape. Had to pull an esop for 10% of many employee's pay, then here comes the windfall, George bush and his Crusaid against the axis of evil. World is still riding that moneytrain, by the time the war is over the econemy should be doing very well for them to charter cruiseship pax instead.
They are just the most sucessfull example, atlas/polar made it through the storm as well and they were holding 30 something 747's in a dead cargo market, just saying Connie is a POS when viewed as an employer, shrewd business man though.