Private Hire: VDO vs Airswitch
I dropped in to the local aeroclub the other day to enquire about private hire rates and was somewhat disapointed to see on the bottom of the page with all the details,
"NB. All charges are start-up to shutdown - clock or VDO not airswitch."
Its been a fair while since I private hired something but I remember the place that I learnt to fly would charge VDO when it was dual or airswitch/tacho time for private hire.
Now I know we are ALL professional about what we do (right???) but it seems to me it would encourage bad behavior like mag checks on taxi or not waiting till the oil temp was in the green before blasting off etc etc. Hopefully this wouldn't happen but the cynic in me says it must make it more likely?
Is this the generally excepted standard now adays? Anyone out there private hire using airswitch? Is the maintance still calculated on airswitch? That could be a factor I guess.
On a side note the C172 at this regional city goes out at $215.00 for non members. Its a fairly universal aircraft, wondering what others are charging round Oz if you know??