"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
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"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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And that can make renting more expensive in other ways than direct costs
(i.e., losing the aircraft availability).

Then most of us just move on to the next flight school/FBO. A quick
check flight and you are on your way. (Of course, if you live in a small
town your choices may be somewhere between limited and nonexistent.)


I used to (ten years ago) live in a medium size town (170,000) and there
was one FBO and one club. I recently moved from a small town (30,000), where
there was one FBO and one club with three aircraft.

The point is that renting has to be more expensive than buying (and using it
100+/- hours) as the costs are the same. That FBOs and clubs are
inefficient business people is only peripherally a factor.