How much does it cost to rent an airplane?
- Thread starter Dreampilot
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You're still below us up here, sadly.
Except that instructor rate... that would be niiiiice.
surreal1221
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Yeah, I'd like to know how much of that $55 actually makes it to the instructor.
True...:yeahthat:
taseal
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If I was one hour under the minimum and they wanted to charge me full price for that hour I'd take 2 gas cans, go out to the plane and syphon out the 8 gallons I would have burned otherwise. (I can be a prick but I dont think I'd try this outside my home area)
or you can pull your wallet out and pay for the 3-4 extra hours that the renter would have made if the plane was rentable and not away
Champcar
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Not very much. Typical would be $10-$20
taseal
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well i dunno bout instructor but '68 172 that we rent here is 75 bux with fuel surcharge... '05 172sp with gps and a/p and all is 105 with fuel surcharge
taseal
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wow se20 and sr22 is that much diff? wasnt just hp diff?
Champcar
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HP and the 22's have deice. People go nuts to fly them and I think they are nuts. I really could care less about the 22. If im paying $200 for a airplane it better have 2 engines.
surreal1221
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Exactly, which is part of my point.
Champcar
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What point. My school keeps their rental rates lower on the Cirrus's by charging more for a instructor in the Cirrus. It works out good if you are a renter, but you pay a bit more when learning. Its give or take.
I bet that school is run by a dirty crooked bastard....
Andrew_VT
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I bet we think alot alike (I've dealt with alot of dirty crooked bastards)
surreal1221
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I don't know. . . my point is that how do you, as an instructor, feel good about charging a customer $55 for an hour of your services, when your boss only ends up giving you $10-15 of it.
I'd have a hard time working for someone like that. May just be me.
I'd have a hard time working for someone like that. May just be me.
taseal
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However, if you look at what, just for example, the rate that Kristie is billed at for engineering design services, and what she actually is paid per hour for doing the work, there's going to be a large disparity because of overhead.
Perhaps it's the libertarian voice rearing it's head again, but the only way you're going to see a 1:1 ratio of billable to payable hours is by assuming all risk which may actually give you an even lower compensation rate.
If instructors are upset because their company is billing "X" but they're only making "X-Y" need to realize that insurance, utilities, rent, parking, advertising, airport fees, maintenance and "other" don't magically pay themselves.
surreal1221
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Fair enough, and after that. . . it makes a bit more sense. . . so long as the "employer" tells the "employee CFI" that look, we charge $55 an hour for your services, but you are only going to $20 of it. The other $25 is going to cover the insurance premiums, cost of utilities, fuel taxes, maintenance, etc.
Of course, I don't know if this happens or not, I'd just hope that it does.
Perhaps I'm a bit naive when it comes to these types of issues because I'm no where near being in any CFI's shoes.
Of course, I don't know if this happens or not, I'd just hope that it does.
Perhaps I'm a bit naive when it comes to these types of issues because I'm no where near being in any CFI's shoes.