AS for flying a group aircraft: most groups have a web based booking system accessible to all members: Ours uses the hangar.co.uk system which costs about 50 squid per year: there are many more freebees but this suits us, and allows booking by the hour/half day or whole day or longer.
Many groups have huge numbers of rules which are written down and have to be signed by all members : others have gentlemens' agreements which are fine until one member decides to take the p*ss: for that reason selecting group members is important.
We have simple guidelines regarding the number of weekend or longer bookings that can be made , though any exceptions are usually freely agreed.
We share the upkeep of the strip/grass cutting/cleaning parties and it all , in our case, works very amicably.
Someone else will be along to post about the joys of ownership versus rental and from flying from dawn to dusk from an unlicensed strip as opposed to flying from an airfield flying school/club which shuts at 6pm which can be a real bind in the summer when there are still 3-4 hours flying left.
Safe flying
Cusco.
