Rates

Added Charges :

Use Tax:   5% Maryland use tax is collected on airplane rental from non-bonded members or on club leaseback aircraft.  

Cancellations: $20 per block hour charge for airplane cancellation with less than 24 hour notice.  $20 per block hour charge for cancellation of instructor with less than 24 hour notice.   Sometimes things come up that are out of your control, therefore such charges are often not applied.  However if cancellations become a problem, then the client will generally be automatically charged.

Private Aircraft:  Regular Instruction Rates apply at all times to training in any non 1World Aero & Flight Club airplane, unless the client pays 50% of current monthly dues.

Preferred payment method is by check.

What Standards are Used for Billing ?

The airplane is billed by Hobbs hour which means that time is counted from engine start to engine stop.  The instruction is charged by block time, which counts the time reserved with the instructor on the schedule.  If the Instructor is late, the time begins when the CFI arrives to begin the lesson, until the end of the reserved time.  If the student is physically late, or is not prepared at arrival, block time still begins  at the scheduled start time.   Block time includes that time the instructor waits for a client to file a flight plan and get a weather update, preflight the airplane, and secure it after flight.  Block time also includes debriefing by the instructor, logbook signatures and associated paperwork, as well as finalization of  flight recordings.   Phone consultations and other administrative support such as materials development, scheduling, and maintenance coordination are indirectly factored into the hourly rate.

Block time billing is most literally enforced for early morning lessons, evening lessons, and Sunday make up lessons.  However during traditional 9 to 5 business hours Monday through Saturday, the following logic is generally applied to billing of Instruction time:

How Do Schools and Clubs Determine Their Rental Rates?

Easy come, easy go.  Below is a basic break down of operating costs on common commercially operated trainers such as the Tobago, Skyhawk, and Archer.  School airplanes have to fly an un-guaranteed  minimum number of hours per month to reach their break even point.  This break even number generally varies between 40 and 60 hours, depending mostly on maintenance expenses.