Originally Posted by
davidclarke
Does it really matter how reliable they are?
They will operate maybe 3-4 hours per day on mine runs. Plently of down time for the engineers to work on them.
Just like the old JQ 321s going to EFA. They only really fly at night, so they have all day to be worked on.
That’s a lot cheaper than having a brand new aircraft being under-utilised.
They will need all day to be worked on just to fly a few nights a week.
Was it about 2+ weeks on the ground just recently!