FUD Wrote:
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> The original math challenge had to do with the
> total number ordered, the number delivered (and by
> implication the number still to be delivered), and
> the number with completed testing. Those numbers
> are all consistent with each other. IOW, the math
> for those numbers has no challenges.
>
> The question of how long it will take to complete
> certification testing of all units ordered is a
> different one, and can't be accurately answered
> based on the time needed for the first 3. The
> first ones almost certainly revealed issues that
> will need to be patched in the second group, and
> which will need to be worked into the production
> process for the rest. If all the problems have
> been found, the 17 remaining to be delivered
> should proceed through certification more quickly
> than the first 2 batches. "Should" of course is
> the operative term there, and permits some
> variation.
>
> Certification testing is required for all rail
> transit vehicles. It's why, for instance,
> Sacramento ordered its new low-floor LRVs for
> delivery many months to as much as a year before
> the system is ready for them (station platforms
> modified to work with them). Call it Dealer Prep,
> but at the user's site.

You must have never done a payroll if you think time is not "math"!