flight school installing an autofuel tank

Dave S wrote:
The ONLY "downside" to this... which is subjective.. is that if the wet
rate is lower because of this, also expect the "reimbursement" rate to
reflect HIS cost per gallon of autofuel, and not YOUR cost per gallon of
fuel bought away from the field on cross country.

Its a matter of being informed ahead of time that you may spend $3-4/gal
buying fuel remotely and only get $2-2.50 reimbursed based on this.

Is that a common practice? where I fly remote fuel reimbursement is
what you actually paid. You attach the fuel receipt to your statement
and simply deduct it from your bottom line price.

I just assumed that's how everyone does it. Of course our on-field FBO
is not the cheapest by any means either, so the club usually comes out
ahead on remote fueling.

In rec.aviation.owning xyzzy wrote:

Dave S wrote:
The ONLY "downside" to this... which is subjective.. is that if the wet
rate is lower because of this, also expect the "reimbursement" rate to
reflect HIS cost per gallon of autofuel, and not YOUR cost per gallon of
fuel bought away from the field on cross country.

Its a matter of being informed ahead of time that you may spend $3-4/gal
buying fuel remotely and only get $2-2.50 reimbursed based on this.

Is that a common practice? where I fly remote fuel reimbursement is
what you actually paid. You attach the fuel receipt to your statement
and simply deduct it from your bottom line price.

I just assumed that's how everyone does it. Of course our on-field FBO
is not the cheapest by any means either, so the club usually comes out
ahead on remote fueling.

The local renter reimburses actual up to a maximum which is roughly
the average local price and usually around a half buck more than the
field price for full serve.

I once asked why and they replied they were more concerned about
someone running out of gas a mile short of the runway and what that
would do to the bottom line than they were about the couple of bucks
now and then for a pricey fillup.

--
Jim Pennino

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: The local renter reimburses actual up to a maximum which is roughly
: the average local price and usually around a half buck more than the
: field price for full serve.

: I once asked why and they replied they were more concerned about
: someone running out of gas a mile short of the runway and what that
: would do to the bottom line than they were about the couple of bucks
: now and then for a pricey fillup.

That is a much more sensible strategy IMO. As a club, it'd be much better to
tell the members, "We'll reimburse you the full cost, but if possible please plan to
require a minimum of fuel elsewhere."

Same as if you get stuck for weather. The local club here doesn't penalize a
renter if the plane gets stuck due to bad weather. It's a good idea to encourage
conservatism rather than having major financial incentive to "push" the weather to get
the plane home.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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Is that a common practice? where I fly remote fuel reimbursement is
what you actually paid. You attach the fuel receipt to your statement
and simply deduct it from your bottom line price.

It's probably common club practice (it is in our club - we get
reimbursed at the rate at our home base). FBOs tend to reimburse on
actual costs. I guess it's simpler accounting and a different pilot set.

Jose
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Is that a common practice? where I fly remote fuel reimbursement is
what you actually paid. You attach the fuel receipt to your statement
and simply deduct it from your bottom line price.

It's probably common club practice (it is in our club - we get reimbursed
at the rate at our home base). FBOs tend to reimburse on actual costs. I
guess it's simpler accounting and a different pilot set.

Jose


Reimbursing seems the logical way to do it. One would assume that wet rate
is based on the home fuel cost not some random number. By this same logic
though if home fuel cost is $4.00 and you are away and pay $3.80 you should
still be reimbursed for $4.00.

By this same logic
though if home fuel cost is $4.00 and you are away and pay $3.80 you should
still be reimbursed for $4.00.

This is correct. It's like an owner, who gets a bargain at $3.80 and a
bummer at $4.50.

Jose
--
"Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where
it keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry Potter).
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.