BAE thinks (rightly or wrongly) that there is scope in AirTanker operating a small number of 146s to augment the Voyagers for training and tactical tanking.
What lunatic is peddling such utter nonsense?
If ATrS are to provide the 24/7 AAR service exclusively, then
they should build a new hangar at MPA.... Surely they looked into this before the contract was sealed? If they want to provide the service exclusively, their research should have checked that there's adequate infrastructure in place to do so.