"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:
"Newps" wrote in message
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A friend of mine has a Huey that has a Forest Service contract. He
just got released from the fires in Montana last week. He gets
$5000 per day to make the helicopter available and he gets $1900 per
flying hour in addition to the $5K. The duty day is 14 hours of
which you may fly 8 hours. He always flew within 5 minuites of 8
hours. Every 12 days they make you take 2 days off. He had his
Huey up on the fire for 90 days. Out of that money you have to pay
all your expenses. The Forest Service does pick up the insurance
cost.
What does operating a Huey cost per hour?

Bell trains in them with I assume and instructor for $995/hour.

http://www.bellhelicopter.com/en/tra...older=header_8

That piece specifies: "Requires customer's aircraft", so I take it that
means the $995 is just the cost of the Bell school and the instructor, not
the actual hourly direct and indirect costs.