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CHEAP Los Angeles C-172 Flying Club CHEAP
On Apr 4, 8:51*pm, "Mike" nospam @ aol.com wrote:
5) You may wish to opt for a wet rate instead of a dry rate. *There's nothing worse than going out to the plane and finding it low on fuel, then having to track down who flew it last. *It WILL happen. *Some members will also routinely leave the plane a gallon or three off full and hope others won't notice. *You can charge a wet rate based on the price of fuel at the field, so if someone goes someplace and buys more expensive fuel they have to make up the difference. *There's advantages and disadvantages both ways, so you just have to figure out what works best for your situation. Just one comment on this point. I belong to a flying club that charges a wet rate that we adjust weekly to reflect actual 100LL prices at our home field, which is about right in the middle for cost. We use historical fuel burn rates on the planes, multiply it by the current cost at the field, and add a dry rate to come up with this rate. We reimburse in full for fuel no matter where and at what price purchased. The philosophy behind that is safety, we want our pilots to always have sufficient fuel and not try to stretch to get to a cheaper field to save a few bucks out of pocket. Now if a member is consistently abusing it by purchasing $7 fuel at Signature at a big city airport when there is a cheaper FBO available on the field we might counsel him, but we've really not had a significant problem with this. |
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