... and all the ships at sea.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

I could also see Planes being used too I mean a lot of arline companies are going to hurting and would mind the bussiness or they just could end up being pressed into service, granted they can't carry the same stuff ships can or in huge quantlies, but remember the Berlin Airlift?

And Puff the Magic Dragon flies again! I love it!

[Legbreaker]

It's my understanding many commercial airline pilots are headhunted from the military. Most of those are likely to be recalled into service as replacements or to fly some of the older mothballed planes.
This may cause a shortage or qualified pilots in the civilian area.
Additionally, jumbos are somewhat vulnerable to enemy attack and could suffer from EMP. My guess is you won't see a lot of civilian flights after July 1997.

[Ironside]

That does make the idea of the ship carrying fuel used for Operation Omega just floating around the ocean a bit more believable.

[Graebarde]

IMO by the spring of 97 at latest all the mothballed vessels would be at sea, at least those deemed seaworthy. It depends on age and how long they were mothballed, as well as how fast crews can be found and pressed into service.

Civil aircraft in the US are in the Civil Air Reserve Fleet (CRAF), hence they would be military transports. Civil aircraft maybe more vulnerable than military to EMP, but I wonder really how much more than the military transports. The pilots that are not in the USAF Reserve or Air NG, would be flying the CRAF. Yeah a LOT of the airline pilots at the time learned to fly and got their hours in the military.