On: Qantas wants to fly from Sydney to New York or London nonstop

[Taniwha]

The USAF is not required to make a profit

[_d8fd → Taniwha]

In a hypothetical world where the USAF was a mercenary force, could anyone besides the US government afford to hire them as they are now? It's hard to imagine a client wanting to pay $70K/hour for a single F-22, plus some mercenary markup.[1] I wonder how the USAF would evolve if they had to be completely self sufficient.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor#Ma...

[briandear → _d8fd]

So they’d have to act like pirates to fund their operations!

Imagine if schools had to be self sufficient. We’d probably have better schools.

[Taniwha → briandear]

more likely only rich kids would get an education - long ago we decided that as a society we are all better off if everyone is educated

[ryuker16 → briandear]

Welcome to education in poor countries....