Points taken, my post is from the Dark Side of the moon - where things happen at a slower pace. The date is irrelevant really, as the post was intended to find out whether anything has changed since then, and to generate discussion on whether anyone actually knows if these figures quoted for engine life can actually be true.
If performing RATED take offs mean that the aircraft require an engine change after only 75 flights, how many FLEX take offs can they sustain then? And where is the threshold in EPR that would start cutting into such 'calculated' figures?
I apologise most profusely for the slip of the U following the Q - call it typo muscle memory.
