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To: Moonman62

Concorde economics didn’t work for a whole host of reasons.

They were maintenance monsters, that required almost 4 hour turn times, meaning only one out-back trip a day was possible.

They were wildly expensive to operate because they were as much a POLITICAL development as a tech one, and they were never available in numbers that would drive down costs.

Etc,etc.


14 posted on 12/05/2017 10:19:11 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf

They were maintenance monsters, that required almost 4 hour turn times, meaning only one out-back trip a day was possible.

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So the passengers got the benefit of the faster speed, but not the operator. Crew hours would have been less, though, but they probably got a higher rate.


17 posted on 12/05/2017 10:24:26 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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