[Frost1x]

They'd then be competing against the airline industry when they're on the ground and some politicians may lose their some of their super PACs. Imagine how upset all the huge airline investors and corporate heads would be, never mind the pandemic medical urgency that should temporarily supercede these sort of concerns.

[gwright]

The market solution is to just let private cargo companies rent the government's cargo capacity. Even better would be to auction the capacity off to get the best price.

Of course while the left hand is doing that, the right hand can be ordering vast amounts of medical supplies at market rates for delivery as needed.