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Manufacturers And Training
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:hZ69l.459303$TT4.400839@attbi_s22... GA is definitely in for a hard road ahead in my opinion. The extremely high costs vs the limited public access and required training can hold few positive aspects for the community considering the current economic situation. Last week our airport's FBO (Jet Air, Inc.) spun off its aircraft rental and pilot training operation -- lock, stock, and barrel -- to another company (Iowa Flight Training). This is a new twist (as far as I can tell) in that the FBO is dumping (what it perceives to be) a money-losing operation onto a completely separate organization. Both companies are pleased with this arrangement, and (IMHO) it could work out to everyone's advantage. It will be interesting to see (a) how our airport commission handles this (it's always been a requirement that the FBO provides flight training -- but it didn't specify precisely *how* this was accomplished), and (b) how successful a dedicated flight school can be when compared to the traditional FBO model. Our FBO has always said that flight training and aircraft rental was like an anchor around their necks, dragging them down financially. I sure hope the new folks do not discover this to be true, or this new arrangement may be short-lived. -- Jay Honeck Our local FBO just keeps adding aircraft, the newest being a Cessna 400 in the last week or so (KMQJ). They have a course with ground and flight time so you can get checked out in it. I am considering doing it just for the experience and the fun, I can't wait to deploy the speed brakes! |
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