Heliplane - I think you've got a good point if you are one of those 'turn up and rent' guys. If it is something that you need to plan though as I did, it is a great place and I didn't have to do a full induction. All I had was a sort of 20-30 min overview of working in Class B, dealing with SoCal and things being pointed out on the maps i.e. the flight paths into/out of Lindbergh/LAX etc
My checkout came to about 5 hours in total mainly due to the fact that it wasn't all about 'here's the plane, stall it, do a steep turn etc' but because it was about pointing out landmarks, getting acquainted with SoCal, dealing with Montgomery traffic (very busy) and how not to cross into the path of an F16. That aside, it was exciting as hell and I'd jump at the chance to go back there
