The maintenance base for Friendly Skies Airline has facilities for overhauling only one airplane engine at a
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A proposal has been made to change the policy so that all four engines are overhauled consecutively each time an airplane comes into the shop. Although this would quadruple the expected service time, each plane would need to come to the maintenance base only one-fourth as often.
Management now needs to decide whether to continue the status quo or adopt the proposal. The objective is to minimize the average amount of flying time lost by the entire fleet per day due to engine overhauls.
(a) Compare the two alternatives with respect to the average amount of flying time lost by an airplane each time it comes to the maintenance base.
(b) Compare the two alternatives with respect to the average number of airplanes losing flying time due to being at the maintenance base.
(c) Which of these two comparisons is the appropriate one for making management’s decision? Explain.
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Introduction to Operations Research
ISBN: 978-1259162985
10th edition
Authors: Frederick S. Hillier, Gerald J. Lieberman
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