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Old 17th November 2011 | 11:48
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Pilot DAR
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Well, I don't equate the choice and desire of a person to learn to fly, with the same seriousness of extreme personal peril, however, since you asked:

how much

would you charge the dying for your ability to help ?
I will proudly report that I have been a volunteer firefighter for my community for 21 years. I started by offering my ability to use my plane for searches on the lake, particularly in poor ice conditions. I was promptly hired on, and when I respond to all matter of calls, my community pays me what equals about one sixth my normal hourly rate. I give away the 5 sixths.

However, I will point out that many of the people who require the search because of their foolish venturing out in unsafe conditions, offer nothing back toward the cost of the search and rescue. In 20 years, I have flown about 130 hours of search in my plane, and paid the rental for 3 more hours in a local 172 ('cause it was more convenient at the moment) and have never been paid a penny for it. I also donate back hundreds of hour a year in equipment fabrication and maintenance.

So, while you're pondering who will provide free training to you, I might be off at the aforementioned road collision, picking pieces of person up from 100 yards of highway.

If you would like free flight training information, review our posts here - they're free!
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