Mr.
Nick Lappos:
Regarding commonality of savings, you can't save enough on commonality to make up for the 50% greater operating cost of an EH-101 vs. an S-92.
You are trying to compare the operating cost of a 20 passengers twin-engine helicopter that exist only on paper with a 35 passengers tri-engined one that is on service now.
From an ignorant it would be acceptable such claim, from you it is not.
The S92 come second in Portugal and Danmark because in Europe the almost decisive weight of the opinion of those that actually have to use the helicopters is far bigger then here.
1) The EH really, really lost on the merits, not just price!
No the EH101 lost to politics and a situation created by someone that dubbed the EH101 as "unaffordable Cadillacs" while in the opposition, something that also delayed the decision of the new helicopters for more then a decade. (Portugal and Danmark can afford the Cadillacs can you imagine that
) It was too much for "them" to loose TWICE the reason to scrap the initial contract at a cost of $480 million.
And you know dam well that the requirements of the new helicopter were intentionally lowered to accommodate the S92 and the NH90 because none of these helicopters could ever met the initial specs. That’s when the EH101 lost its bid, not now.