Second that, interesting insight.
To hingey's point,
C&DD put the gear O/H cost at $292k. Not sure whether the 6,000 cycle limit on the gear was
also raised when the 10 yr TBO was improved to 12 yrs back in 2013.
FWIW, there was some good coverage of Piaggio's recent travails and future plans during this year's PAS:
Piaggio adjusts focus towards defense
Piaggio’s Logli charts course for turnaround
Piaggio looks to bounce back with Evo and Hammerhead
I/C