Originally Posted by
Probe
Actually, the word was they lost money for decades doing contract training. The bean counters weren't counting everything in the "cost" silo, and when they did throw everything in (Positive space 1st class to and from training) they discovered they were losing money.
Dunno Probe, but the head honcho told my (returning furlough) class that he had been tasked by Tilton to turn that facility into a money maker. He then rattled off numbers to show just how lucrative an operation it had become. Of course, things change.