Originally Posted by tanker-driver
Read on another forum that many of the tanker units are losing 1 or 2 "backup aircraft inventory" jets. Anyone know if these types of changes are expected to have any effect on crew ratio/aircrew manning numbers?
Shouldn't. BAI aircraft don't count for anything...PAI is the number used for figuring manning, support, operating costs, etc. BUT losing your BAI aircraft means MX will be harder pressed to keep the same sort of ops tempo, UTE rate, and MC rates...