$30,000 pitch links

Flyingmonk wrote:
Bell's cost breakdown for their $30,000.00 pitch link.

material $23.65
labor $175.23
direct overhead $43.25
subtotal $242.13
markup/profit $1,575.00
lawyer fee $28,182.87
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grand total $30,000.00

It's bull****.

Probably the amortized cost for product liability insurance is about
two hundred bucks. Still equal to the direct build cost, but hardly
28,000.

Figure out what Bell Helicopter actually pays a year and divide it
out. Good business analysis can determine this cost for any public
corporation to within twenty or so percent.