Mxsmanic wrote:
Marty Shapiro writes:


In the SF Bay area here are the web sites of two FBO's at PAO where
you can rent wet (fuel included):

http:\\www.shorelineflyingclub.com
http:\\www.wvfc.org


At Shoreline, the lowest rates are a hundred times higher than those
for a car (which you can rent by the day, not by the hour, for about
the same prices). Plus you have to factor in (or amortize) the $9000
cost of your license and all the overhead expenses.

It looks like an extremely costly hobby, and an even more costly form
of transportation. I'm not happy about that, but there's no denying
it.

How can it be 100 times higher? You seem to think if you rent a plane
for the weekend that's 48 hours of rental, when it's FLIGHT TIME, not
clock time you rent by. So if there is a 2 hour per day minimum it's 4
hours, not 48. So let's see 4 X $70 (get a cheap plane!) is $280 for
two days. Find me a car I can rent for $2.80 a day!

Margy