In today's work nothing is no longer SIMPLE! If you look at a helicopter, the craft spends more time down for inspections & repairs. These boats are computer driven so everything has to work to 100% effecientcy or there problems. Even with the 33's, they have a decent number of spares. I wonder how many years will they serve? The Air Force B-52 bombers were designed in the 50's and the are still flying today & will remain until 2050. The bomber was NOT computer designed.
The same thing have been mentioned about getting in companies in the Mack CF thread. The new Computer designed equipment isn't built and he was near as rugged as the old stuff was! Between that and all of the new "high-tech" gadgets the lifespan and in amount of repairs/maintenance Req has gone up tremendously! Make you really wonder if the new stuff is any better.
