Shop Labor Rates (here and there)

In the SF Bay Area, I've become desensitized to shop labor rates in the
range of $90/hr. Plus or minus $5, this seems to be the going rate at PAO,
SQL, RHV, or SJC. That's after you finally get your plane in the shop,
which can take a day or two or seven.

I recently had a very favorable experience at HAI (Hillsboro Aviation, HIO,
Hillsboro, Oregon) for only $65/hr. In the future I will strongly consider
scheduling some of my periodic maintenance around trips out of the local
area.

Note to local, extortionate Bay Area shops: All Your Base Are Belong to
Suckers.

Here in Dallas, my A&P charges $60 per hour, my auto mechanic $75 per hour.

"Craig Prouse" wrote in message
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In the SF Bay Area, I've become desensitized to shop labor rates in the
range of $90/hr. Plus or minus $5, this seems to be the going rate at
PAO,
SQL, RHV, or SJC. That's after you finally get your plane in the shop,
which can take a day or two or seven.

I recently had a very favorable experience at HAI (Hillsboro Aviation,
HIO,
Hillsboro, Oregon) for only $65/hr. In the future I will strongly
consider
scheduling some of my periodic maintenance around trips out of the local
area.

Note to local, extortionate Bay Area shops: All Your Base Are Belong to
Suckers.

"Dan Thompson" wrote in message m...
Here in Dallas, my A&P charges $60 per hour, my auto mechanic $75 per hour.

The FBO that I used to work for, here in the DFW area charged between
45 and 65$ an hour. The rate was based on if you were a fuel
customer/tennent or fly-in. Routine clients got the lower rate too.
If we could fix the problem in less than 5-10 minutes, a lot of the
time the boss just charged for materials.

A friend's restoration shop just charges labor at a flat rate for the
job plus materials.

Craig C.

$45/hr


"Javier Henderson" wrote in message
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John Godwin writes:

Craig Prouse wrote in
:

In the SF Bay Area, I've become desensitized to shop labor rates in
the range of $90/hr. Plus or minus $5, this seems to be the going
rate at PAO, SQL, RHV, or SJC. That's after you finally get your
plane in the shop, which can take a day or two or seven.

The shop rate at Magnum Aviation at RHV is $76/hr.

Pacific AirCare at WVI is $75/hour.

-jav

Javier Henderson wrote:

"Roger Tracy" writes:


$45/hr


Where?

My mechanic gets $40 per hour in Columbus, MT; 6S3. I believe the rate
is the same in Laurel, 6S8. The avionics shop on the field here at BIL
is $55. The Cessna FBO on the field gets $70.

Charging by the hour is inherently crooked and creates incentive to work
inefficiently and as slowly as possible. We are the losers under this stupid
system.

I know, I know . . . I'm all alone in this.


www.Rosspilot.com

Rosspilot wrote:

Charging by the hour is inherently crooked and creates incentive to work
inefficiently and as slowly as possible. We are the losers under this stupid
system.

I know, I know . . . I'm all alone in this.

I don't think so. The auto dealers agree with you.

George Patterson
A friend will help you move. A really good friend will help you move
the body.

Reputable car dealers have a book published by the manufacturer on the
amount of labor to repair something in the car. Sometimes it takes
less time, others a bit more time depending on the mechanic. But the
shop will charge the book rate either way.

[Dad used to be a fleet manager for Ford and I've spent waaaay too
much time hanging around]

Unfortunately the shop rate these days (at least in Colorado) at the
dealers is $90-100 an hour. The aircraft shop I use is $55/hr and they
provide a really good estimate before they do any work.

"blanche cohen" wrote in message
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Reputable car dealers have a book published by the manufacturer on the
amount of labor to repair something in the car. Sometimes it takes
less time, others a bit more time depending on the mechanic. But the
shop will charge the book rate either way.

The book rate has problems too.

Say you take you car in for a wheel balance and a brake job. Book rate says
2 hours for brakes, and half an hour for wheel balance. They are classed as
separate jobs, meaning you pay for them to take the wheel off twice, even
though it gets done at the same time. It is nothing for a four hour job to
turn into eight billable hours this way. I have never seen a book rate shop
negotiate a discount based on this either.

And being paid by the job is an incentive to do shoddy work. Either
way, there are always faults unless YOU manage the work being done.


On 05 Sep 2003 13:28:24 GMT, ospam (Rosspilot)
wrote:

Charging by the hour is inherently crooked and creates incentive to work
inefficiently and as slowly as possible. We are the losers under this stupid
system.

I know, I know . . . I'm all alone in this.


www.Rosspilot.com