I spoke with Joe the general manager of the Lansing Jet Center today and
he agreed to refund me $275.00. That means it still cost me $187.50 for
the deicing but who's complaining. :-)

Thanks for all the input.

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL
Student-IA
Student- at flying into other airports

Jay Honeck wrote:

The weather on Friday made it impossible to return because of icing
issues. No problem better safe than sorry right... Saturday dawned
much better. Got to the airport to find the plane with a coating of ice
that needed to be removed. My FBO at home takes care of this for free. I
wasn't expecting it to be free but when they finished the job and
presented me with a $462.50 bill I about lost it (**** my pants). Hell
the plane rental for the 3 days wasn't even that much. I paid the bill
and vowed to not go there again.



Jon, what in the world were you renting -- a Gulfstream?

If this charge was for a Spam Can, you NEED to write a letter to the owner
of this facility, and demand a refund. There is no way in the world
de-icing a Cessna/Piper/Beech should cost even 10% of what you were charged.