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Old 15th Dec 2010, 19:57
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Lonewolf_50
 
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Thta was my guess, but that requires (see my edited post, sorry, I had not fleshed out one of the later thoughts) a significant churn of a very expensive engine, times four.

I admit to being in the dark. I'd have expected a new/recent generation engine to have a thousands (1,2,3, more?) of hours on wing, not hundreds of hours on wing, requirement to meet a long haul carrier's requirements when engines are proposed as the powerplant for a long haul airframe.

I should just have said that, perhaps.

If that idea is half cocked, or just plain wrong, please advise.

Since I have far more "hands on" with turboshaft engines than with turbofan engines, I may be missing a fundamental point.
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