Peter R. wrote in message ...
Geoffrey Barnes ) wrote:
Mark (the non-club member who flew everyone down there) would like
to be reimbursed for his fuel costs, which are around $175.
Hmmm... reads to me like "Mark" is asking for more than his fair share of
the direct flight costs, which would be in violation of FAR part 91
regulations.
Here's how I see it:
Our A&P charged us $100 for the travel time back and forth.
Owners should pay this fee and thank their lucky stars that an A&P was not
called out of bed on a Sunday night to fix it. Hell, had our FBO's A&Ps
replaced an alternator during normal business hours, it would have easily
been $250 for parts and labor.
The parts and labor to fix the 182 amounted to $70.
Owners.
Don't forget there is the cost of the A&P's hourly rate to ride in the
plane out there. If the owners were not asked about this first, the
club should pay. The owners could have elected to use a local A&P who
didn't need transport. It was a luxery of the club to quickly send out
their own A&P. The owners may have said, "Let it sit for a week until
old Bill (who lives out there) gets a chance to look at it".
Mark (the non-club member who flew everyone down there) would like
to be reimbursed for his fuel costs, which are around $175.
Divide $175 by three (three on board), then have the club pay Mark one
third for fuel.
And the 182's flight home racked up about $270 in rental fees,
about $225 of which would normally be sent directly to the aircraft owners.
Wouldn't the original pilot who got stranded at that airport have accrued
this rental fee regardless if the alternator failed? He had to return,
right? I assume the $270 rental fee is calculated based on flying time, not
ground time while awaiting repairs?
Remember, the student who flew it back got his flight instruction. Why
would that student expect to have free airplane time based on someone
else's straits? I would agree with you if it was just a CFI sent out
there, but a club member got to enjoy the airplane.
However, since the club does not have rules about being stranded, the club
should come up with the rental fees, then write a rule about being
stranded.
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Peter
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