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Old 2nd May 2011, 08:20
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What I might however consider is to rent it to pilots who I personally know.
I thought that if you owned a plane yourself, or as a (<20) group, you could keep the plane on a lower maintenance regime compared to the situation where the plane was rented out (either wet or dry) and/or used for flight training. Is this true, and if so, do the higher income from renting the plane to non-owners offset those higher maintenance costs?

Or is this whole point moot now with EASA CAMO and such?

And what about insurance requirements? I've heard insurance policies that specifically name the pilots that can fly the plane. Are they significantly cheaper than "anonymous" (for lack of a better word) policies?
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