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gliderstud wrote:

Meanwhile the organizer is paying or trying to subsidize the ground crew that
is helping YOU out, so YOU can have fun, and YOU can go flying. There is a
higher percentage of effort on their part for the average crewless pilot.
While the pilot brought a crew or possibly paying (Ok im going to be sexist
here) wife tax which could range between .5%-300% of your personal contest
budget. Bringing a crew and putting them in a hotel plus food is going to run
you a lot higher rate than what was recommended. Yes there are pilot pools
for land-outs but sometimes that doesn't work out as well. I have in the past
sent employees on retrieves, meanwhile I am paying them, and getting you out
of a field.

BB has a point, there are people that would gladly pay $50/day or some amount
to have a helping hand, like he described. I think that should be the
condition, not just hey we are going to charge you guys more... But even
$5/day to get a High School student out there pushing you off the runway
because you cannot fly to Private Pilot Standards (Mikes recommendation of a
spot landing fee on single runway airports), not to mention everything else,
tow gear, wing-runner... Look at it as a pool to hire a few kids to be there
for you.

Unfortunately not everyone wants to volunteer two weeks of their time to
watch you fly...IF they did then wouldn't everyone have a crew with them?

I have been crewless, brought crew, and organizer...

Did I miss the part about the $300 providing one with a dedicated crew
from the contest organizer?

I am not sure what "higher percentage of effort on their part" you are
referring to. When I go crewless, which is as seldom as possible, other
than asking a neighboring pilot to help me rig (which I certainly
reciprocate), I am pretty much self contained. I get my ship to the grid
on my own and I clear the runway expeditiously on my own. I admit that
the launch crew may have to help me attach my canopy.

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