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Old 20th Apr 2013, 12:41
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EM - from what I saw on F16.net

And there's your problem right there, squire.

Also: JTO has a point - when you start trying to make things "fair" by deleting the cost of permanent pieces of the jet you introduce another set of distortions. In addition to JTO's points about EOTS having a bigger impact than the pod, you don't fly the Sniper every time you fly the jet.

And Bogdan has been loudly on record about operating costs having to be fixed, so for him to say that the delta is only 10 per cent is odd.

CPFH comparisons, sadly, are hard to do and easy to fiddle. Parts are relatively easy. Manhours not, because they depend on labour rates (which in the USG, for example, are high when fully costed) but also on training, But then there are practices like USAF depots that like to put brand-new parts on 30-year-old T56s... And then do you count fuel (Saab would like you to)?
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