<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">as a pilot you are in command of a vehicle worth upwards of $200 million dollars!!!</font>
Roc
Boeing quote 183-215 million dollars for a brand new 747. The Airbus is as yet a figment of our collective imagination.
Thus what you meant to say was
as a pilot you are in command of a vehicle worth
downwards of $200 million dollars!!! ...considerably downwards
According to Discovery Channel the average value of a jet liner is 19 million. Not sure how they know but this compares with the 24 miilion brand new cost of a Eurostar.