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You’re not factoring in the cost of pilots.
by enterprise_cog 3y ago
You’re not factoring in the cost of pilots.
- dragonwriter 3y agoPilots are, like other parts of the bomber, reusable in the conditions in which the plane is survivable, and the operational cost of pilots is fairly low.
- enterprise_cog 3y agoCapex is high though, assuming they are even replaceable.
- dragonwriter 3y agoA 2019 RAND study put the cost of bomber pilots on the order of $10 million, which isn't cheap, but when the bomber itself is $2+ billion, doesn't really move the needle on the whole system. https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR2400/RR2415/RAND_RR2415.pdf https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/...