On Jan 3, 1:37 pm, BAR wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 3, 12:58 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
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They use helicopters with a purchase cost of at least $2 or 3M, and a
flying cost upwards of $2K/hour. The purchase cost is baked in but
the flying costs are not.

I live right next to a CG base and they fly their helicopters
virtually continuously. ...

Training, training, training. Whether skimming the surf on Waikiki or
the Bearing Sea its all good practice.

I don't doubt it and no criticism was intended. I was just suggesting
that the flying costs may well be built in too.

-- Tom.