gatt wrote:
Gig 601Xl Builder wrote:
gatt wrote:

Comments/experience?

Thanks in advance!

-c


Treat it as you would any other business deal. Run the numbers. Since
you trust the guy running you can probably trust the estimated number
of hours he gives you for hour/month.

Thanks. The good news there is that I can look through the schedule and
see for myself how many hours a month the present 152 flies. It's
averaging about 6 hours a day through the 21st at $68/hr.

Keep in mind though that the price of fuel will have a direct effect
on the number of hours the plane will be rented.

Yeah. Hasn't yet, but, it's a matter of time. On the flipside, a lot of
people are doing their primary training in the 172s based on
availability alone. Even one of those is averaging about 6 hours a day
at $98/hr wet. Higher fuel prices and increased availability might
shift some of that scheduling down to a less-expensive aircraft.

-c



Sounds like there are enough hours for the plane. (More than enough)
just put a pencil to it and see that it works financially. I think the
AOPA website has some info on lease-back that you might want to read. At
least they did a couple of years ago when I was thinking about doing it.