ChatGPT is incapable of thought and can only mash together strings of text and output grammatically correct-ish sentences that meet an arbitrary criteria for "s

ChatGPT is incapable of thought and can only mash together strings of text and output grammatically correct-ish sentences that meet an arbitrary criteria for "sameness" to what it has fed on. Like with all things that are complicated and have nuance, it is incapable of giving an answer that is useful. Fuel expenses over the life of an aircraft are tricky because the life of an aircraft is defined by its number of cycles (take offs and landings) independent of the number of miles flown. For short/medium haul aircraft like the A320neo, 48,000 cycles at 1,220km/cycle with 2.79kg of fuel used per km of flight, at $0.80 per kg for fuel means that the total spent on fuel during the life of the aircraft is just below the list price of the aircraft but slightly above what airlines actually pay for an A320neo. For long haul aircraft like a 787-10 with the GEnx engines, 44,000 cycles at 10,240km/cycle with 6.12kg of fuel used per km of flight at $0.80 per kg for fuel means that the total spent of fuel during the life of the aircraft is over $2.26 billion, or roughly 8x the list price of the aircraft. Neither 0.8x-1.25x nor 8x are "2-3x". Looking at financial reports, for no US airline does it even average out to 2-3x. But those were fuel prices 3 years ago, today they're half that. Tomorrow they might be double. All of this ignores the fact that "the planes themselves are..." doesn't limit the dollar amount to the initial purchase cost. It also ignores the fact that some aircraft are leased, and others are major capital expenditures so the total costs for the same aircraft at the same company can vary greatly. Airlines typically report the "cost" of their aircraft as CASM-ex, or cost per available seat mile excluding fuel so the "price" of an airplane over its lifetime is CASM-ex + fuel and fuel is currently around 25% of the CASM-ex of the three largest US airlines. Every single aircraft type has different costs that can vary widely. A useful non-bullshit response from an A"I" would start with "For what kind of aircraft?"