"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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NW_Pilot wrote:
"Erik" wrote in message
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NW_Pilot wrote:

Flight was not worth $2,000 to me I guess to some one it was!!! I
wanted $3,500 Labor Single Engine over the big Pond Ummmm I guess
he is tanked with 200 gallons total onboard.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9484B

Lets wish this pilot some good luck on this trip whoever it may be.

Well, that link has a route to Hawaii from Hayward. It does say that
a 172 is going 2300+ miles.

I wonder where the fuel stops are going to be. Is it even possible
for a 172 to carry that much fuel?


He is tanked with 200 gallons of fuel onboard!!! He has more than
enough range to make it direct. I am just not sitting my rear in a
Ratty OLD 172RG for 18 hours.... Then have to do it Again the Next
Day and the Next!!!! Not for $2,000 No way!!! Now if it was a New 182
or 206 Yea, But I Still would charge more than $2,000 ($2,000 labor
is what the job was offering for 4 days worth of risk)

50+ hours of retract time for the log book. That's worth $7560 to some
young buck. Plus he gets to hang out in Fiji and chill for a few days.

I wouldn't do it for 5 times that much today but 20 years ago. Probably.


The broker handling this flight will not pay for him to hang for a few day's
maybe one day if lucky depending on airline availability and his arrival in
Fiji then he is huffing it to the airport on the next flight out to the next
ferry flight or back home.