Explain To Me "Inflation" Again?

It’s all about the Moons Over My Hammy

They’re all good. Definitely underrated as a foodie destination.

In my younger days, I would wreck a French Slam with side of hash browns almost every morning. Would actually lose weight.

These days I put on 5lbs walking past a cup or plain oatmeal.
 
Away back in 1971-72, I paid 17/hr for a C150 with instructor as I pursued a PPL. Fuel was around $1.16/gallon. Those days are long gone😕
In the early '90s I can recall having two options regarding renting an airplane as I also pursued my PPL, the FBO I worked in was awash with young CFIs just trying to build time and network and if you were friendly with them they'd often teach for free (I have a very small amount of rotary wing time in my logbook from a helicopter pilot that was trying to build CFI time and I didn't pay a cent for that). As I recall the mighty C-152 was $38/hr wet (I might've been making $10/hr) and they didn't want to hear any nonsense from a line guy about adjusting the rate because I could fuel it at cost. It took me a awhile to understand why they felt that way but as an old fart I appreciate their consternation. The other option was a '56 C-172 (it still had venturis on the side and setting gyros was part of the take off) that one of our tenants used to let me fly for free if I'd put gas and oil in it, I think fuel was probably less than $3.00/gallon retail and I'd just pay cost for the fuel and occasionally smuggle a few quarts of oil and it cost me about $13/hr. The CFI was a friend that was teaching me for free and scheduling became sporadic, nothing against him as a teacher, a pilot or a person, but that is not in my opinion the best method to gain enough proficiency to pass a check ride. A few years later I was in a position where I had enough money to just enroll in a flight school and get it done with a real curriculum, stage checks done by multiple instructors and flying at least twice a week (sometimes three or four) and I passed my check ride with flying colors (pun intended), that trusty C-152 cost $75/hr. I chose to do it in the two seater rather than the Warrior I preferred because it was $15/hr cheaper. I wanted to ace my check ride so I blocked a bunch of time in a C-152 to practice patterns, soft field, short field, and any other scenario that might arise. I flew so much in the week before my check ride that I wore a hole in the skin on my left elbow where it sat on the armrest of that dutiful Cessna. It all worked out despite a band-aid. The last time I looked the cost to rent a Warrior is over $200/hr wet. I guess I got in near the bottom.
 
I'm curious how much helicopter training costs per hour now. When I did my ATP written how many ever years ago it was $395 an hour for the helicopter and instructor. I'm guessing that was about 8-9 years ago.
 
I'm curious how much helicopter training costs per hour now. When I did my ATP written how many ever years ago it was $395 an hour for the helicopter and instructor. I'm guessing that was about 8-9 years ago.

Depends on the bird. An AS350/H125 helo runs about $1800/ hour.
 
The dark red Chevy Beretta. Drove it a number of times

I am assuming this isn't the Beretta you are talking about?
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oh man
 
In 2005 it was $129/hr wet for a 172 classic on my first lesson, then Bay Area prices were like $135-150/wet for 172SPs in the mid to late 2000s. Gone up about $40/hr since 2008 (CFI rates have as well more or less), so over 16 years about $2.50/year increase. Not too crazy.
 
Cessna 152 at $32 wet, is what it was when I started on my PPL in 1987.

100LL? Ha! Back then it was 80/87 Octane (Red), 91/96 octane (Brown), 100/130 Octane (green), and 115/145 Octane (purple). 100LL (blue) came out later.

:/Story Time for kids.

2003-2004 both years my initial training in a Cherokee Cruiser (hence screen name), PA-28-140 with a 160 HP mod.

$55/hr wet and instructor was $20/hr


Dual $75/hr



Today, I just checked…


$150/hr wet and $47 instructor.



Still not as bad. Under $200 for dual.

Western PA.
 
In 2005 it was $129/hr wet for a 172 classic on my first lesson, then Bay Area prices were like $135-150/wet for 172SPs in the mid to late 2000s. Gone up about $40/hr since 2008 (CFI rates have as well more or less), so over 16 years about $2.50/year increase. Not too crazy.

Wow. . .that's crazy high for 2005. Bay Area. Houston? 2005? Anything over $75 for a Cessna or Piper was highway robbery.
 
I got my commercial/instrument at the same place in the same model airplane as private, just 20 years later. A receipt from my old flight bag shows costs have doubled. That's somewhere between 3 and 4 percent annually. Thankfully my means have grown faster than that, so I'm in no position to complain about the power of compound interest.
 
Wooow. Deprogramming is complete!

Man referred to a highway in California and applied no definite article to its name.

Welcome back to society; where do ya wanna go eat?

Ha!

I still say “99” versus “the 210”, but 680’s always been 680, not THE 680. 580 is 580, “The 5” is “The 5”. But why “The 118” is appropriate but “The 141” is not I can’t explain, it just doesn’t sound right.

I don’t know, you kind of get programmed at birth out here.

Like if you’re North of the 5/99 split, the five is “The Ridge Route”, but if you’re from south of the 5/99 split, it’s “The Grapevine”
 
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