I think the issue of landing fees is a tricky one. After all, I don't mind paying £5 or £10 landing fees to land away from the home 'drome, but consider people doing their PPLs. I trained at Redhill and Shoreham (weather dependent). I'd timed it right so that all my circuit training was carried out at Redhill, which has no landing fees. However, if i'd had to do it at Shoreham, which has landing fees of £14, or £7.50 per touch and go, i'd be looking at about £75 per lesson just in landing fees! I think that all airfields should waive landing fees for student pilots, or maybe have a one-off fee of say, £100 that covers all your landing fees for the duration of your training?
What do you reckon? Is this one to consider, or am I talking out of my a**e?
WO
