Matt Barrow wrote:

And people treat club aircraft "slightly" better than the average person
treats a rental car.

Details may matter. The club to which I belong (http://flyingclub.org/)
is more like a partnership than club. We've all equity in (that gets
returned when a new member replaces us), making us all part owners. MX is
paid by...us.

I know that some clubs are run more as rental shops, which I suppose could
encourage rough treatment. Still, that's disappointing in a way. I
wouldn't mistreat the rentals I used to fly because, if nothing else, I
flew them regularly. I didn't have an ownership stake, but I certainly had
a stake.

[Plus, for lease-backs I typically knew the owner...and he knew me grin.]

- Andrew