I just so some numbers like 20-35K dollars per flight hour for some fighters and that seems ridiculous, anyone know what costs so much?
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Cost breakdown (est) per hour
– fuel $4800 for 800 gal
– pilot $150 per hour incl all benefits
– $7500, cost per hour spread of 12k hours purchase price
– support crew $1500 per hour for mx work
– support contract w/ manufacturer $8000
– aircraft crew $1000
And many more costs.
We pay a lot to get the job done well.
Its not a commercial airline where delays are acceptable, lost baggage, layovers.
We want a plane ready to fly, to fly carry cargo to anywhere in the world, and for it to work 90+% of the time. If that plane isn’t ready there better be a back up plane and crew.
The president says, we want a forward operating base in X country. The generals say, we have plan Y we can execute. In a few hours everything needed to make that base happen will be in the air.
Doing the above costs money to be ready for.
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