On Sep 16, 9:39*pm, "vaughn" wrote:
"Andreas Maurer" wrote in message

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Sorry if I'm being offensive, but to me these fees are brutal.
Please allow me a question: How many members does your club have, and
what is causing such high costs?

Don't know about anyone else, but I would love to have that club near me so I
could pay those "brutal" costs.

Vaughn

Our club has similar rates: $40/mo dues, $29 for 2K tow,
$12/hr for L13, $18/hr for L33, $35/hr for 304C, N/C for instruction.
By far the largest expense is towplane maintenance. Insurance
jumped this year because of two expensive claims in two years,
but I believe it's somewhat proportional to the amount you're paying
for all your planes. $1M liability is included (standard amount),
and the deductibles are small (again standard amount). We
were hoping that our dues could decrease since we had an
increase in membership this year, but we had to buy a G103
after the L13 was grounded, so we'll be paying that off for a while.

-- Matt