Depends on the type of aircraft, what category it is operated under, turbine or piston, VFR or IFR, and specialist equipment and tooling for the make and model required to be purchased or leased by the maintainer .........
Yes, please be specific to get an accurate answer. Do you own a Cessna 172, or a KingAir or a Beechcraft Baron IFR or a RV-10?
What jacks is required - what calibration and types of engine equipment is required by the maintainer - this is how one will set their price?
Also, what subscription and full access to maintenance manuals will cost them, as a CASA requirement now? Some companies charge $1800 per year to have full access to the Piper or Cessna range. Engine manuals are on top of that depending on what powerplant you have?
What contract engineer do they have to sub-hire to complete the job to sign off? Engineers are type rated like pilots? Maybe you have a tail dragger and composite aircraft that requires a Composite GROUP 7 LAME rating? Very few around if there is a repair required, or a spar inspection or primary flight control surfcae inspection to be signed off if there is structural composites involved, eg - Cirrus range of aircraft.
Please elaborate your details.
I would safely say that any basic GA maintenance company in or near a city as a secondary GA airport would be charging about $85-95 per hour for a basic single engine aircraft in VFR category - Private or Aerial Work.
And $120 per hour based on a twin IFR and or corporate machine minimum. Turbine around $135 per hour.
Cheers, KP
