"Jack McAdams" wrote in message m...
I am going to take an instrument training seminar near Dulles in
January and am trying to decide if I should fly down (1.3 hrs) or
drive (3.5 hrs).

Flying sounds a lot more logical but I am wondering about the fees
charged by either of the big-time FBOs there. I think it is Signature
and Piedmont/Hawthorne.

The landing fee and parking fees are small. Less than $10 each. The
gouge fee is rather steep if you don't by fuel. Hawthorne used to be
the better FBO, but when Piedmont ousted the local management, it
went into the toilet. It took me months to get the billing straightened out
the last few months we were based there.