De-Icing fluid price gouging?

[maximizer]

What are people paying for De-Icing fluid? It seems to me it is a perfect commodity & service that can be used to enhance a "bottom-line". What do you think?What is the going rate this year?

 

[Flyght30]

Just paid a little over $1600 in Bedford,MA and couple weeks ago for a beechjet.

 

[Caboclo]

I've just been setting up the de-ice program for the FBO I work at; cheapest price I found to buy the stuff in less than 1000 gallon lots was $8.75/gallon. Then I called around, seems like most smaller town FBOs are charging $10-$15/ gallon. In some cases, there is also a $50-$150 service charge. Of course, that's just the small towns. Places like Jackson Hole and JFK might charge a wee bit more. Also, bear in mind that it takes 10 gallons or more of gas to heat it up every time.

 

[Spooky 2]

Just paid a little over $1600 in Bedford,MA and couple weeks ago for a beechjet.

How about 18,000 for a B757 at IAD. Delta Air Lines had a flat rate for a B747 of 8,500, so you know your getting screwed when the FBO is charging 18K for a deice!

 

[maximizer]

right on spook...good post

 

[jetwash]

In IAD Landmark charges $18/gal type 1 and $28/gal type 4.

 

[lazyace75]

In IAD Landmark charges $18/gal type 1 and $28/gal type 4.

We paid $1800 for about 6.5 minutes of de-ice there last week. We got the bill and called IAD Landmark. There was no way that they used 110 gallons of Type I in that about of time. We only had about 1/8" of ice on the airplane. I saw them spray and it was on and off at best during that timeframe.

They told me "well, that's what the truck readout was sir."

It's a scam like a Signature "security fee"!

 

[btodd77]

Most trucks have some sort of a meter on them as to what they are using. Take a reading of it before they start spraying and compare that to your bill.

 

[Flyboy Sabre 65]

Most trucks have some sort of a meter on them as to what they are using. Take a reading of it before they start spraying and compare that to your bill.

Unfortunately when I get deiced we pull up with the engines running they deice and we pull away. No chance of checking there meter.

 

[goodgig]

Lazy, that does not sound unreasonable at all. 6.5 min, they could have spewed a LOT more than 110 gallons. It comes out of that 1.5" hose pretty damn quick. And ice of course is going to take more energy to remove than a bit of snow.

20 years ago, I worked at an FBO, and the de-ice really boosted the bottom line. The president always called it "Liquid Gold".