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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoPresumably a lot of the actual labor costs are hidden in outsourced parts of the build process.
minus-square@ikiddlinkEnglish4•4 months agoI’d have to figure on airplane parts, 25% of the cost could be on QC alone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoWhat is the expensive part you imagine about QC that isn’t labor? I mean sure, you need the occasional destructive test and some fuel and hangar rent but mainly it is people doing the quality control checks.
Presumably a lot of the actual labor costs are hidden in outsourced parts of the build process.
I’d have to figure on airplane parts, 25% of the cost could be on QC alone.
What is the expensive part you imagine about QC that isn’t labor? I mean sure, you need the occasional destructive test and some fuel and hangar rent but mainly it is people doing the quality control checks.
I wasn’t. That’s why I figured 3% is ridiculously low.