On 9 Jun 2003 at 11:21, Doug Jones wrote:
> Randall Clague wrote:
> >
> > Now, you can take the aging vehicle out of revenue service, and put it
> > back in flight test; then you can crash it all you want. "Why do you keep
> > crashing that thing?" "We've been trying to wear one out. Hallelujah,
> > we've got data for O&M now." :-)
>
> This is where biting the bullet early, and paying the development cost to
> ensure low *operations* cost, becomes very beneficial. Low Ops cost allows
> you to fly and fly and fly the fleet leader to build up true reliability and
> maintenance data, without losing your shirt in the process. This is the
> same reason we did 300+ igniter tests in one afternoon- because we could.
>
> (If you have a dedicated ops team running multiple tail numbers, you may as
> well conduct operations at [at least] a minimum tempo regardless of having
> payloads to fly- the marginal flight cost comes out of the flight
> test/validation budget. Having random ground crew members routinely ride
> along on non-revenue flights also helps keep up safety conciousness... I
> look forward to the day when we can boast that *every* XCOR employee has
> flown aboard our vehicles.)
>
Leading to the slogan, "Not only our reputation rides on our vehicles --
our employees do too."
Chris W.
--
Acme Brake Shop -- "We stand in front of our work."
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