"Newps" wrote in message
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A friend of mine has a Huey that has a Forest Service contract. He just
got released from the fires in Montana last week. He gets $5000 per day to
make the helicopter available and he gets $1900 per flying hour in addition
to the $5K. The duty day is 14 hours of which you may fly 8 hours. He
always flew within 5 minuites of 8 hours. Every 12 days they make you take
2 days off. He had his Huey up on the fire for 90 days. Out of that money
you have to pay all your expenses. The Forest Service does pick up the
insurance cost.


What does operating a Huey cost per hour?