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Originally posted by Table 5@Nov 24 2004, 12:03 PM
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Under the terms of the contract Sikorsky will be billed $100,000 per day, to a maximum of $36 million if it doesn't meet the deadline.
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Oooo, oh no. 100 000 grand a day to a maximum of 36 million dollars. On top of 5 billion.
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I think you misunderstood....the money would by paid by Sikorsky TO Canada, not the other way around.
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I think he's saying that 36 million taken out of 5 billion is just a drop in the bucket.
A loss of 0.72% of the contract isn't really a penalty if you ask me. [/b][/quote]
A few notes:
Actually, it's 2% of the value of the helicoptors, as they are worth 1.8 billion. The remainder of the contract is for stuff such as servicing the coptors, as well as a simulator.
Our new search and rescue coptors have been having problems of their own, as they were recently grounded...there has been problems with their rotors.
Everybody talks about the 30 hours of service per one hour of airtime...without a doubt that is pretty bad, but one has to remember that this isn't like a car, which runs without servicing...our S and R coptors require somewhere around 10 hours of servicing for every hour in the air.
A question on that...does anybody know if that is thirty hours by a maintance crew, or is it 30 man/person hours (ie, a crew of 4 working for 7.5 hours each)