"Tex Houston" wrote in message ...
"Ray" wrote in message
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In the past ,our goverment paid to support craft aircraft {The project to
have airlines support airlift }Is this system still in effect.what could
you
do to a 747 to make it meet the system. Just wondering. Ray



The correct term is CRAF, see http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/craf.htm
or search Google for "CRAF".

Regards,

Tex Houston

Lots of airliners are flying to and from such garden spots as Bishkek
as we speak. CRAF is not implemented right now, mainly for political
purposes. The AMC is putting the missions out for bid instead.
In a nutshell, not implementing CRAF allows the airlines to decline
REACH missions if they wish and use the aircraft and crews for their
scheduled service. This is important to them because the widebody
passenger fleets and crews are pared to the bone even though
international travel is beginning to grow again. If CRAF were
implemented, the airlines would have to obligate aircraft and crews
exclusively to AMC. I know of one airline that is already having crew
time issues (its not even half a year yet) for a widebody type and
they have had to decline bidding on some missions, and downgauge
equipment on some others.