David Megginson wrote: > Fuel costs don't help, obviously, but they're a relatively small percentage > of the cost of operating a plane (i.e. doubling the fuel cost might increase > the cost of flying by 25%). Is maintenance more expensive? Is it taxation > and government fees? Obviously, the money's not going into the equipment > they rent you.
Maintenance _is_ expensive, because aircraft used for commercial training (not in a flight club) need to have commercial maintenance. Another part is fuel cost, because we're supposed to pay twice as much in Europe compared to North America. And - last but not least - the owner of an aircraft probably needs to pay the rates to his bank .... you need some sort of amortization. > At the Ottawa Flying Club, the 150's that most people train in do not have > DME, [...] The 150 that I fly most of the time doesn't even have an artificial horizon :-) Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
