Originally Posted by
morerightrudder
Manual costs are probably small in comparison. Chatauqua has how many, 800 pilots? Let's say it costs $25 to print each manual. FOM and SOP for each pilot. So $50 total each person. 800 times $50 = $40000. Heck, throw in binders and packaging costs and call it $50000.
It is still a wasteful slaughter of innocent trees, though.
You also have to take into consideration printing updates, paying someone to distribute them, paying someone to track compliance, etc. The cost comparison gets even more lopsided when dealing with Jepps.