Comments on: Fuel Prices & Aviation Safety: Are They Related? http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/07/fuel-prices-aviation-safety-are-they-related/ Aviation buzz and bold opinion Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: selena http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/07/fuel-prices-aviation-safety-are-they-related/comment-page-1/#comment-37518 selena Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:46:47 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/07/fuel-prices-aviation-safety-are-they-related/#comment-37518 Thank you for highlighting the effects of high fuel prices on general aviation, Scott. As you note, farmers, charitable organizations and small business reliant upon small aircraft have been decimated by the ever-increasing fuel prices since they cannot buy in bulk like larger businesses. They have been forced to pass on the higher costs to customers, scale back their operations in order to deal with the growing burden of the cost of fuel and many states have even had to cut back in airport projects. To check out more information on this, check out this one pager on our website, at http://www.aviationacrossamerica.com/pubs/Small_Businesses_F.cfm - Alliance for Aviation Across America Thank you for highlighting the effects of high fuel prices on general aviation, Scott.

As you note, farmers, charitable organizations and small business reliant upon small aircraft have been decimated by the ever-increasing fuel prices since they cannot buy in bulk like larger businesses. They have been forced to pass on the higher costs to customers, scale back their operations in order to deal with the growing burden of the cost of fuel and many states have even had to cut back in airport projects.

To check out more information on this, check out this one pager on our website, at http://www.aviationacrossamerica.com/pubs/Small_Businesses_F.cfm

- Alliance for Aviation Across America

]]> By: Bill P http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/07/fuel-prices-aviation-safety-are-they-related/comment-page-1/#comment-37113 Bill P Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:55:09 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/07/fuel-prices-aviation-safety-are-they-related/#comment-37113 "Tankering" fuel you bought at 5.50 a gallon may leave you with an equivalent amount of fuel that would not be any better had you just bought it at $8. Pilot's should consider the amount of additional fuel burned to carry fuel for the return trip, before deciding if it is worth it. At least in the airliner world, the cost to carry additional fuel is surprisingly high. “Tankering” fuel you bought at 5.50 a gallon may leave you with an equivalent amount of fuel that would not be any better had you just bought it at $8. Pilot’s should consider the amount of additional fuel burned to carry fuel for the return trip, before deciding if it is worth it.
At least in the airliner world, the cost to carry additional fuel is surprisingly high.

]]> By: Paul http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/07/fuel-prices-aviation-safety-are-they-related/comment-page-1/#comment-37099 Paul Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:04:02 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/07/fuel-prices-aviation-safety-are-they-related/#comment-37099 Besides a lack of recency contributing to accidents I think fuel mismanagement could also play a role. When you out on the road someplace and your paying almost $8.00 a gallon vs $5.50 at home it makes you think hard about how much fuel do you really need. Maybe you wouldn't have thought about it before, just top it off and go. But now, maybe pilots will try harder to do round trips and not get fuel on the road. My guess? We will see a climb in accidents due to fuel starvation. People just don't want to put the fuel in. Besides a lack of recency contributing to accidents I think fuel mismanagement could also play a role.

When you out on the road someplace and your paying almost $8.00 a gallon vs $5.50 at home it makes you think hard about how much fuel do you really need. Maybe you wouldn’t have thought about it before, just top it off and go. But now, maybe pilots will try harder to do round trips and not get fuel on the road.

My guess? We will see a climb in accidents due to fuel starvation. People just don’t want to put the fuel in.

]]> By: Bill P http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/07/fuel-prices-aviation-safety-are-they-related/comment-page-1/#comment-37082 Bill P Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:14:38 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/07/fuel-prices-aviation-safety-are-they-related/#comment-37082 >>Common sense suggests that flying four hours a year–an hour every 90 days to log the requisite landings–does not a current, safe pilot make. << But then again, if the only flying they are doing is in the pattern, then they are not exposing themselves to some of the other risky activities such as VFR flight into IFR conditions. >>Common sense suggests that flying four hours a year–an hour every 90 days to log the requisite landings–does not a current, safe pilot make. <<

But then again, if the only flying they are doing is in the pattern, then they are not exposing themselves to some of the other risky activities such as VFR flight into IFR conditions.

]]> By: "Data" http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/07/fuel-prices-aviation-safety-are-they-related/comment-page-1/#comment-36994 "Data" Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:16:26 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2008/07/fuel-prices-aviation-safety-are-they-related/#comment-36994 Some of the same thoughts expressed in this post over at CAPblog. Can CAP Become as Relevant Now as 1941? http://capblog.typepad.com/capblog/2008/05/can-cap-become.html Keep up the good work! Some of the same thoughts expressed in this post over at CAPblog.

Can CAP Become as Relevant Now as 1941?

http://capblog.typepad.com/capblog/2008/05/can-cap-become.html

Keep up the good work!

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