Originally Posted by Peter We
Well they will have to charge nn times as much as previously to cover the overhaul and inspection costs on a vastly reduced schedule. This might doom the airlines in question with months if it wrecks the fleet.
Nevermind the pure economics, Sunfish made a very good point that we (we as the world) will be absolutely unable to produce enough spare engine parts to meet the demand created by shortening the engines' life span. No amount of money thrown on the problem will solve that.
So much for the society that got so obsessed with efficiency, streamlining and trimming that having spare capacity or plan B is considered to be unnecessary luxury.