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Hi Jacek,
The question might be will switching to an all-Hornet airwing actually result in a lower MMH/FH number for the involed squadrons? Bean counters and analysts would probably agree that benefits of scale, less duplicity, and better support concentration should result in a lower MMH/FH. I doubt it. On the other hand, having four or five squadrons with the same airplane might very well net you better availability just from the improved competitive environment. Guys would try harder to be number one in all quantifiable aspects of their efforts. There would be a distinct tendenency for your supply system to anticipate lower inventory need and give you fewer high failure parts per embarked airplane. Reshuffling a carrier's supply inventory takes a major effort so it would be unlikely all the non-Hornet parts would be off loaded. Carriers spare parts lockers are space limited. Most often the most used parts are in short supply with the least called for being the majority. No matter how you provision expected MTBF's will not equal actual usage. Peter principle. The longer your AOCP times become, the lower your availability and higher the MMH/FH. Long AOCP times result in squadron ratholing and resulting lower supply parts availabilty. Any guy who would be smart enough to solve this should be transferred to working on world peace. |
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