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I think their point was that Boeing might be charging a premium as they will no longer service the plane.

However, I don't think this is the case, the cost probably has to do more with the specificity and overall data included.

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Interesting to take that factor into account, at least in other areas of the program. I have it on good authority that a major producer of jet engines was essentially forced to provide their engines for free to a major airliner program, or have the engines excluded from the program entirely. They opted in, for those sweet operational revenues. Everybody seems to be focusing on milking the maintenance market.

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