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Re:Starting An Airline by dsl on Monday May 19, 2014 @09:34PM (#7770819)
Engineers often fail to understand that sometimes the cheapest solution is to throw minimum wage workers at the problem.
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Re:Starting An Airline by mattmaroon on Monday May 19, 2014 @10:25PM (#7770936)
It's because they don't understand basic finance concepts. If they knew what time value of money and net present value meant, they'd realize that something that paid for itself in ten years is a bad investment.

Everyone in every discipline should be required to take Finance 101.

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Re:Starting An Airline by sanxiyn on Monday May 19, 2014 @10:53PM (#7771012)
Something that pays for itself in ten years is a bad investment and how humanity progresses. Long term investment is essential and basic science requires it.
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Re:Starting An Airline by alttab on Monday May 19, 2014 @09:56PM (#7770873)
Unless its not the cheapest solution on a different time horizon.
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