On 9-Nov-2006, Mike Spera wrote:

When you do the math, the mileage reimbursement does not even cover fuel
in an airplane.


Maybe if you're flying a turbine powered airplane, but a piston single looks
a whole lot better. In my Arrow, in an hour's cruise I cover a distance
that would typically entail about 180 highway miles (Roads rarely run in a
straight line between origin and destination.) If I am compensated $0.40
per highway mile, that would come out to $72.00/hr, which is well above the
direct operating costs (i.e. fuel, oil, other consumables, and reserves for
engine and prop OHs.)

-Elliott Drucker