Rental Cancellation Policies

G. Sylvester wrote:
How does your FBO handle pilots who booked a plane a week earlier, show
up to the airport with passengers to find a squawk listed 2 weeks
earlier makes the plane unairworthy for your mission. I'm referring
to out of date GPS databases, no panel lighting for night flights, etc.
Can the pilot charge the owner/FBO for their time? Sure we can
boycott their plane but I just wasted about 3 hours of
my time scheduling the plane, checking weather, doing the flight
plan, filing flight plan, driving to the airport, walking out to
the plane, taking the cover off, doing part of the preflight
just to put the cover back on and drive home with disappointed
passengers. Just happened and I ****ed away my Saturday on
a very nice day. will I get anything for it? No. But
I'll sure spread the word around the club.

What was the squawk this time?