Not sure where the comma issue is but the FAA state that an engineer is $85 an hour (7 hour fix at $85 an hour = the $595 difference), even BMW charge £100 an hour for labor!!!! I just find it laughable what the manufactures assume and the operators charge and the engineers get paid.
Irrespective of who bears the brunt of the costs this was an issue that had been flagged up to GE prior to the incident through NDT and endoscopic investigation.
I have a feeling that some fairly hefty costings have been done behind the scenes in this recovery!
As to a Billion it was always 1 Million x 1 Million in my schooling! Perhaps that's why I'm poor!
