On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 2:30:51 PM UTC-4, MNLou wrote:
It is interesting that Tow Pilots are charged an initiation fee and monthly dues.

I'm pretty sure ours fly for free. Without them, we are grounded.

Lou

Doesn't MSC require all of its members to buy a share or partial share of the corporation, which the club only partially returns when you leave?

I have to say our system seems to be working well for the club but I am not opposed to clubs that adopt the other school of thought... its rationale is logical and makes a lot of sense to me.

That said, you can never have enough tow pilots and CFIGs so I figure why not advertise our fleet. Tow pilots can also rent our two-seat Bird Dog for personal use at $85/hr wet so there's another bonus. :-)

I will say, I think our dues allow us to afford good equipment and for that I don't apologize to anyone. Our club is continuing to consolidate and improve its fleet and for that I'm grateful.

- Chris Schrader