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Cardinal Grammeter

11/09/11 1:01 PM

#12438 RE: SugarCoat #12429

If I was trying to get contracts with one SuperT, I would be concerned about having only a single airplane.

If you are training pilots for some airforce, you will not train one, you will train at least a few.

The training is in two phases: aircraft familiarization, and tactics. These are about 1 month each. More class time than flight time. You keep one pilot in the air while the others are getting class trained.

It is possible to do it with one plane, however in those cases, getting another airplane is not an issue if there is a problem.

With one plane and no readily available backup, its like saying to your customer, "if you break it, you pay for it" which is not very professional.

When you sign that contract, you must perform. If the plane becomes an issue, there is a big problem with the contract.

And if you put the clauses in there to protect your (TADF) a$$, then the contract is not going to look very good to the customer.