How is cost determined from a Hobbs Meter
I'm not paying for time while the aircraft sits on the ground and I eat lunch
Hobbs time = you paying for the time you are operating the aircraft.
If that makes you skip a proper run-up you are a poorly trained pilot with a lousy attitude.
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B2N2,
I'm not rising to that. Can I suggest, though, a holiday in the UK with lots of flying at $200/hr in a SEP thrown in? I'm sure any of us would welcome you to rent from our clubs.
Last time I flew in the US (about three years ago) I was paying less than half what I pay here. It's easy to be smug when it's costing peanuts.
Tim
I'm not rising to that. Can I suggest, though, a holiday in the UK with lots of flying at $200/hr in a SEP thrown in? I'm sure any of us would welcome you to rent from our clubs.
Last time I flew in the US (about three years ago) I was paying less than half what I pay here. It's easy to be smug when it's costing peanuts.
Tim
Sorry TM, I got a little agitated.
I just feel that engine run time (oil pressure activated Hobbs) is the fairest way of charging a customer.
As far as wait times at the hold line; that's all part of the game, inherent to flying. Half the time you do and half the time you don't have to wait.
Sometimes you have a tail wind sometimes a head wind; sometimes downwind is on your (approaching) side of the field sometimes you'll have to fly around.
C'est la vie, nothing we can do about it.
Even though the official definition of flight time (USA) is "all time the aircraft is moving under it's own power with the intention of flight" the FAA has ruled that Hobbs time is an acceptable way of logging, so at the end you pay for what you log.
As far as prices in the UK (and the rest of Europe) go; I feel for you but that is not the operators fault it's your government with their ludicrous taxes and fees.
OK we can get back to being buddies...
I just feel that engine run time (oil pressure activated Hobbs) is the fairest way of charging a customer.
As far as wait times at the hold line; that's all part of the game, inherent to flying. Half the time you do and half the time you don't have to wait.
Sometimes you have a tail wind sometimes a head wind; sometimes downwind is on your (approaching) side of the field sometimes you'll have to fly around.
C'est la vie, nothing we can do about it.
Even though the official definition of flight time (USA) is "all time the aircraft is moving under it's own power with the intention of flight" the FAA has ruled that Hobbs time is an acceptable way of logging, so at the end you pay for what you log.
As far as prices in the UK (and the rest of Europe) go; I feel for you but that is not the operators fault it's your government with their ludicrous taxes and fees.
OK we can get back to being buddies...
