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Author: ???   Date: 9/28/2026 4:06:22 PM  +2/-1   Show Orig. Msg (this window) Or  In New Window

No math genius here but not sure cost comparison is worth it.

BETA costs $6 mil and $30/hr to operate.
206L costs $2 mil (max, and they already have most of the fleet paid off I would guess) and are around $2K to operate.

They'd also have to enlarge the hangers to fit the new bird.

May make sense after 10 years or so, though.

Maybe sooner when you consider less mx down-time and could get rid of the pilot altogether when the medcrew gets comfortable with trusting the machine.

Your medcrew will shout "I'm not going anywhere without a human steering" until the company says "well, we'll pay you X amount to NOT have a pilot"....

Money talks and stats don't lie (once they build enough hours to show how much safer these are without a pilot).
 
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Little birdie +2/-2 Anonymous 9/28/2026 1:30:25 PM