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In reply to the discussion: "Broken supply chain" in Puerto Rico? How about air drops? [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)Had you actually comprehended what I posed you would grasp that the biggest issue is not only that it's hard, but it would be such a huge drain on resources that it would be counterproductive.
Every flight that delivers a small amount via airdrop is a plane that can't deliver far more to the ground, coupled with the logistics of getting riggers there and moving the supplies they need to do the drop means even more planes can't deliver more supplies.
So it would not just be hard- in the big picture it would be STUPID because to make a few airdrops that would not not be enough to even be a drop in the bucket what is needed you would have to divert resources away that could be better used to get a much, much, much larger amount of supplies in to the airfield and unloaded on the ground.
So I'm asking you again- how would you do it. And by that I mean what supplies headed that way are you going to not send or delay in order to free up aircraft for drops? How many aircraft will you pull away from taking supplies to the island to divert to airdrops? What medical personaell or engineers or Seabees or others are you not going to send to the island so you can send parachute riggers in their place?
I already know you don't have any answer, just pouting out you don't have the first clue what your talking about.