That is true...for the course only. I have to get there which is a 4000+nm
round trip which takes 15+ flight hours at $600+/hr. Then there in another
$1-2,000 for hotels, maeals, rental car over the four days. We haven't
allocated anything for my time yet either.

Mike
MU-2

"john szpara" wrote in message
s.com...
I am seriously thinking of getting rid of my current airplane in the next
few years for many of the reasons that have been brought up. Going to
Simcom is a minimium of four days and $15,000. Going in for maitenance
is
two days just to drop off the airplane and pick it up again. There is no
way that I save SIX DAYS a year by owning an airplane. I don't fly
around

I read an article that you can do Flightsafety sim training for
something like $4500 (or so) a year, and go as many times as you
want/need.

That's a twin simulator, and the writer of the article raved about the
quality of the sim and the training.

John Szpara
Affordable Satellite
Fiero Owner 2-84 Indy Pace cars, 86 Coupe, 88 Formula 3.4, 88 Coupe, 88GT