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Wide Open question about how much it costs to ferry a cabin twin to or from the US to or from the UK or Western Europe? any ideas? Anyone done it? Thanks.

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[The problem is similar to trying to predict your chances of a heart attack by using rates for the general population: if your cholesterol is stratospheric and you are a smoker, those general population statistics won't be of much value to you personally.] Again, we're not trying to predict...

A good question is: "What did you bring with you on your last Check Ride? Did your DPE ever fail your EFB? What was your backup. Go NORDO and beg ignorance?

UPDATE: So far, Ive had no luck even getting permission to file an application for a Freedom of Information request to the NTSB. Thier website is designed not to allow entry. I will have to file a request, by certified mail, to even get the ball rolling...

Agreed. We already know that large organizations, dedicated to flying lots of hours, and with MRO; that the aircraft are operated better and have fewer issues on an hourly basis.

IFR flight and VFR with FF is within "The System". Thier system (think of it as Thier House). You cannot opt in or opt out without thier permission. Just like you wouldnt let just anyone into your "house" without your consent and permission and you would expect them to tell you when they...

"The best intrinsic data might come from well maintained flight school aircraft fleets." That will give us data on well maintained aircraft. Do you think it would be statistically different than just general aircraft? Thanks.

Where (where are you going, Detroit, Los Angeles?) When (is time a constraint?) Why (is it business?) Who (other passengers?, thier needs?) How much ($$ is cost a factor?) I routinely commute about 300 miles one way. Not that far, but I have to go through a Big Metropolitan area with really...

You need to first determine the estimated value of the aircraft WITH the squawks. Or alternately, get an estimate of the aircraft under normal, optimum condition. Then Deduct for the cost of repairs to your satisfaction. I bought a near basket case with the intent of restoring it to airworthy...

Agreed. OTOH, the NTSB is a HUGE database, that has managed to collect nearly 100,000 incidents in the period 1982 - 2014. A big data-set like that is easier to work with than surveying several, perhaps many smaller sets. I understand your doubts, but until I hit a brick wall, Im going to see...

So far, there hasnt been ANY engine data mined from the NTSB reports. Only Accident data that says engines were a cause or contributing factor to the accident. Im not looking to be different, I just want to SEE what the data looks like. Several poster's have tried to jump ahead of the data...

Like any good science or engineering, every experiment, every engineering report needs to be able to be reproduced. If its not reproducible, then it cannot hold as much value. While we "know", intuitively, that infant mortality of engines is real, and while we 'know' that TBO is a somewhat...

"say we know that, among engines that failed, they failed after 433 hours on average?" Thats the point. We dont know that. We do know that engines fail, and that sometimes they fail prior to being overhauled and thier TBO. Sometimes they dont fail until some time after a recommended TBO...