Hi everybody
wishing to pick your collective brains, i am being given a bit of a hard time on a seperate non aviation forum. After reading a post stating that for a police helicopter......
"It's an accurate estimate for a EC/135 or similiar of around £4-5000 an hour. This includes component times, fuel, maintenance, insurance etc etc. Some estimates of course DO NOT include the lease or purchase costs!! My figure is purely on an operational hour by hour basis."
i thought would say something, but it didn't go down so well.
Has anybody got some more accurate costs on operating these aircraft. I have google'd it every which way and have found a couple of figures floating about, but it is difficult to compare these prices as they tend to be on the ASU websites and lacking in detail as to how the figures are made up.
i was hoping there maybe somebody sitting reading this in an Air Support Unit somewhere in a quiet moment with some inside info to hand
thank you in anticipation of your help.