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The FAA's rudder proposal would give the airlines five years to install the new systems. The FAA estimates that 2,000 U.S. airplanes would have to be refitted, at a cost of $364 million. ..... end quote
364 million divided by 2000 aircraft = 182,000 dollars each ..... now lets say that a 737 might fly an average of 300 days per year at 600 passengers per day .... thats equal to 180,000 passengers per year ..... could we please all give the airline that we are flying, an extra dollar each trip and solve this problem now!!!!
(if my passenger load estimates are low then let the airlines send any excess in the one dollar charge to charity)
spelling corrected .....
[ 18 December 2001: Message edited by: hobie ]