FFF,
Sorry to take so long to reply to your comment. I didn't make myself clear.
I was talking about a few occcasions when one had to pay for fuel to get the aircraft to go on a 1hour instructional sortie round trip from Grand Central returning to Grand Central where FTC are actually based.
Obviously I expect to pay for fuel away from base. This however was actually at their base during the middle of the week, during working hours and nowhere near a bank holiday.
Absolutely flabbergasted. Really have never seen anything like it.