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Old 10th Oct 2004, 21:49
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rjsquirrel
 
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Mr. Zuckerman,

I think the case here is that your figures include everything for the aircraft system, and are global numbers.

The EH-101 figures of 22 hours per flight hour given are against the contracted promise of 6.8 hours per flight hour (I remember that from an older press story).

Based on those phoney promises, the Canadian maintenance was set up with 69 people to handle the fleet. The service had to hire 70% more maintenance workers (original planning number 69, now they are at 117 people). These numbers tell of a disaster in the works, and comparisons to other services with different methods of calculation will blur the message: The EH-101 is a real problem aircraft, and it has a long way to go to make it right.
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