DarrylS

Find the title of this Blackwater Subsidiary ironic to say the least, guess the boys in the Pentagon want to continue the influence of this unregulated army.. why not pay these guys 4 or 5 times the amount that the guys who do the same job.. cannot understand the need to continue to outsource this work, when this money should go directly to the military.. keep creating layer and layer, but gotta remember that the function of any bureaucracy is to perpetuate itself.. they are doing a good job. Does anyone know if there is an ethics law that prohibits those who are in the business of rewarding contracts retiring and then goes to work for Blackwater et al??.. sounds like an ethics violation to me... but then again it is inside the beltway, so do what you want they are the gov't.

http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts...ontractid=3615

UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

Presidential Airways, Inc., an aviation Worldwide Services company (d/b/a Blackwater Aviation), Moyock, N.C., is being awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) type contract for $92,000,000.00. The contractor is to provide all fixed-wing aircraft, personnel, equipment, tools, material, maintenance and supervision necessary to perform passenger, cargo and combi Short Take-Off and Landing air transportation services between locations in the Area of Responsibility of Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan. This contract was competitively procured and two timely offers were received. The performance period is from 1 Oct. 2007 to 30 September 2011. The United States Transportation Command Acquisition Directorate, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity (HTC7 11 -08-D-0010).

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reflexblue

Since theses guys are mercinaries,and not OFFICIAL U.S. troops then it adds a buffer between thoses giving the orders and thoses carrying them out. The administration can deny direct involment in what BW is doing. Like a Mafia boss ordering a hit threw a second or third party. If i'm understanding it correctly.

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sdaniels7114

There's no such thing as a military air transportation wing that can get stuff moved more cheaply than almost any civilian operation. I'm sure Air France could do it cheaper than Blackwater too, but I doubt they put in a bid. We don't want Delta, United etc, involved. This is Afghanistan after all.

Harry Boy

I wonder how Pant Suit Hillary will handle all this war stuff?

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PressCoverage

we can always count on the Crusaders to contribute absolutely nothing to the thread allegations, and plenty to irrelevant Clinton deflection... rinse, repeat... comical, actually...

Real World

It's been explained to you why they give them the money to do this, so what's surprising is you inability to understand the simple basics of supply and demand. You can't double the size of the military overnight, and therefore, when you need more troops, or a bigger logistical force, you hire them. Think of Labor Ready, or Accountempts.

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Real World

Yeah, I'm sure Delta, Air France, and United are looking to fly into combat zones, on short runways, with their fleet of aircraft.

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DarrylS

But you can double the size of Blackwater over night, with much higher salaries and less regulation.... the analogy to Labor Ready makes no sense.. they do labor, Blackwater carries big guns.

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