On Nov 15, 11:16*am, wrote:
On Nov 15, 9:40*am, Tony wrote:

I tend to agree with Hank. my feeling is that if you're in the club
you should be in the club. *yes i suppose it could get frustrating
that you pay what seems like more dues than you are getting your
money's worth but everyone has to chip in. *It is easy to fall in the
trap of thinking clubs are like FBO's. *I know I have fallen into that
line of thinking in the past, wondering what my club could do for me
instead of what I could do for my club.

The thought is if you are flying your own ship, you are flying the
club equipment less, and not adding to the wear and tear.

Most of those that are in the reduced dues category are active at the
airport, doing work for the club, but perhaps fly the clubs ships a
few times a year.

aerodyne

The other option is to pay for use of club gliders as some rate above
the fixed costs which are built into the dues which provides for
replacement. At a commercial operation, depreciation of equipment
lowers the overall tax burden and is an expense of doing business. In
most clubs, the best depreciation does is lowers the personal property
tax burden, where applicable. The rest is in the wind.

Frank Whiteley