I'm really disappointed with the $30 fee. Might be great for Aerotow clubs charging AEFs off the street at $150-$200 a flight. For a club that charges $6 launch and can do 5 min circuits if there is no lift and an AEF visitor generally only manages 2-3 flights. This means they pay more to GFA than we make for the flight! We try to convert ours to members so they are not expensive flights.
I know the AAFC are also very upset with the rise (they are affected too). Especially because they have other insurance cover. So what does this AEF fee actually give them? I believe Scouts are not happy either. What can we do? Must be some way to get the message across. (Go the Kooka's JR - mines been flying lots of kids - including passenger rated kids flying their friends. they don't seem to mind that its not new. They still teach spins pretty well). -Cath On 07/09/2011, at 9:13 PM, Grant Davies wrote: Agree the now $30 AEF fee is ridiculous. I have only been flying 4 years and when I started students were $5. Is there any explanation for this massive rise? Or is it our GFA looking after our GFA, not the members and clubs?
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