For the availability rate we have two rate, one is technical and the other is operational. From an operational point of view if a rafale reach 250 hours, it is not operationally available so it decrease the operational availability, also for Rafale M the 10 Rafale which are at standard 1 and in...
If you google with
Assemblee nationale | Question ecrite N° 22636 de M. Francois Cornut-Gentille (UMP - Haute-Marne)
You will find a french forum and a post where the link is given. But you have to copy the textof the link because the link of the link is not the same (not the right one!)
I had some difficulties to find it, I will try later, but I found something as good as the SENAT report. But you have to know firsrt that in France we have 1.4 pilot by Rafale and each pilote have to be trained during 180 h/year so each Rafale flight during 250h/year. If a Rafale reach 250 h...
On this picture, the Rafale LCC cost is false, because everybody refer to a Jane's study where the Rafale flight hour cost is said to be 16500 $. But it was the cost when they were only a few Rafale inducted. Now the flight hour cost is around 10000 $ only it was officially stated in a SENAT...