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Old 14th May 2009, 09:29
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Tim, Is the the fleet size not a function of the required operational numbers and the OSD, i.e you would expect a significantly larger fleet to be bought than deployed in order to rotate the airframe hours? Aircraft life is then decoupled to an extent from fleet life, with positive cost implications. It worked (sort of) for the Lightning...
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