Richard,
While I cant fault your reasoning on this matter all I would say is that
you are missing the point.
Europa aircraft provides a service, not just bundled components sourced
---From RS or elsewhere. Someone ???? has to pay for that service and this is
reflected in the cost of parts/ kits supplied.
Better that Europa charge extortionate prices (allegedly) and stay in
business than being cheap and going bust.
Having owned a company that went bust I learned that lesson the hard way -
and believe me it was a very
expensive lesson !
Carl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Holder" <rholder@avnet.co.uk>
> To: <carl@flyers.freeserve.co.uk>
> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 12:00 AM
> Subject: *** SPAM *** Mod 74
>
>
>> Carl wrote
>>
>>> With only 500 or so aircraft out there you have to sell
>>> a hell of a lot of spares and kits just to cover the
>>> day to day running costs of the business.
>>
>>> Its easy to work out the cost of the raw materials and
>>> argue that the final cost is a rip off but Europa
>>> dosent enjoy the economies of scale that larger
>>> businesses enjoy. The thousand or so wing pins that
>>> have to be manufactured will certainly cost more than a
>>> few pence each.
>>
>> I doubt if it is as many as that - there weren't 500
>> classics !
>>
>> Anyway if the nuts and washers are 1 the set (and that is
>> overgenerous) do you think the pins cost 19.50 each ?
>> When buying say 600 ? I doubt it - more like 5 each -
>> giving Europa a fat profit of 300 x 29 = 8700 (handling
>> and postage is charged separately) for something that if
>> it had occurred on the watch of the original Europa
>> company would have been provided for free as a mandatory
>> mod caused by a design fault.
>>
>>> No one likes having to shell out for mandatory mods but
>>> fifty quid for a safer aircraft sounds like a bargain
>>> to me.
>>
>> It is not likely to make the aircraft safer. There are
>> hundreds out there whose wing pin mounts have been
>> inspected and passed. And they have done tens of thousands
>> of hours. William's accident was not caused by the win
>> pins. The wing pin separated because of some other causal
>> event.
>>
>> Nor is it 50. Based on Mod 73 the work is going to cost
>> another 200 - 300, and more down time.
>>
>> Richard
>>
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