Originally Posted by
krypton_john
the coyote: The capital cost is one thing, but the operational cost is what I was commenting on. Plus the real thing doesn't always get to fly that often whereas the simulators can be booked day and night.
Maybe there is not enough demand for a AW139 simulator to be booked out day and night?
Still I find that quite eye-watering as well. Electricity instead of fuel, maintenance & insurance
must be a fraction of the real thing. Sounds like a license to print money issued by regulatory requirements.