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Rental

Cessna 150

Hourly Rate: $84 / hour wet

Cessna 172

Hourly Rate: $130 / hour wet

Mooney M20F

Hourly Rate: $175 / hour wet

Membership

Monthly Dues: $30

Initiation Charge: $75

The initiation charge is one time as long as you remain a member.

 

Flight Instruction

Normal Instructor Rate: $60 / hour

Instructor Training Rate: $65 / hour

Instructors are paid for their time. Billing starts at the scheduled time of the lesson or when teaching begins (which ever comes first) and ends when the lesson ends. Minimum instructor billing is one hour per session.

Accelerated Program

If you are going through our accelerated program, we purposely work the schedule around to make sure you get all the training you need in a short time span.

For the accelerated program, the Cessna 150s are $90 per hour and the Cessna 172 is $138 per hour.

Fees

Fuel Fee = If fuel is over $5.00 / gallon, you will pay the difference

Late Fee = (for reasons other than weather and maintenance and safety)

    • If you overlap another client, you will be billed $100 per hour over
    • If go over your scheduled time, without overlapping another client, you will be billed $25 an hour (on top of the rental fee).

Ground Hours = If the plane sits on the ground for more than an hour for the time it is dispatched, there is a charge of $7.50 per hour the plane sits on the ground. (Minus 1 hour total for preflight) This is not charged between 10 pm and 6 am.

Damage Fee = If any damage was caused due to negligence on your part, you are responsible to pay for it to be repaired.

Airport Fees = If you experience any fees at other airports, you are responsible for those bills even if they are mailed to us.

Late Cancel Fees = If you cancel a rental or lesson within 24 hours of your scheduled time for any reason other than maintenance and weather you may be subject to a $50 fee. If the reason was due to weather, and the weather was forecast to be poor, you may still be subject to the cancellation fee due to bad planning.

No Show Fees = If you do not show up for a scheduled flight you may be subject to a $100 fee (cancellations within 1 hour are considered a no show).

Not Locking the Building or Aircraft = If you fail to close the hangar during a flight, lock the building doors, or lock up and secure the aircraft, you may be subject to a fee of $50 per occurrence. You will also be responsible for replacing or fixing damaged or stolen items due to negligence.

Passengers without Waivers = All passengers flying with you must fill out this waiver and send it to [email protected] Failing to do so will make you responsible to reimburse Pilot Rise of any legal fees or settlements regarding your passenger. You will also be liable for a $25 - $50 fee per passenger.

Not Following Procedures = If you were to not follow a procedure set forth by us or the operator's handbook, you may be subject to being removed as a member or have additional fees.

Go Pro Video of Flight = $40 We will record your flight and take time to compile it and upload it to YouTube unlisted so you may review and share your training. This can actually help with savings because you will continue to learn from the same flight. The best times to do this is during the first three lessons.