Badger, the tankers are going to be equiped so that they can be used as civiliian transports at just a few hours notice. I have seen it written that it is anticipated that some of the airframes will fly tanker during the week and carry tourists at the week- end. The military communications suite is apparently to be designed to plug in and play so it can be removed in only a few minutes. They are also working out some fancy paperwork so that it can go from the military to the civilian register at about an hours notice.
Agree though that these would not be suitable in that config. as a government executive transport and that different layouts would be required. The royal flight aircraft are used virtually every day of the year so this is why perminant solutions are needed. I still do though think there is mileage in having one of the 330 tankers so configured.
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