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Old October 25th 06, 03:14 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
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Default flight school installing an autofuel tank

Jay Honeck wrote:

Outstanding! Our stupid airport commission and FBO would much rather
complain about the stuff (although, in fairness, they're pretty muted
about it) instead of jumping on board the band wagon, and installing
tanks/pumps. Lord knows they wouldn't want to actually make any money
selling fuel...


The thing about it is Jay, that spending the money on a new
tank farm/self service installation is a significant business
decision. As you know, in this day and age, its not as simple
as just slapping in a tank... you need containment, fancy
(and expensive) equipment and more inspections involved. You
should know about about all the government regulations (dare
we mention liabilities??) and that costs money.

They have to know that the system can pay for itself in a
reasonable amount of time and that the sales will justify
initial investment and continued maintenance headaches.
You are dealing with a customer base that is already pinching
pennies as it is....