Fleet washers

[52560]

Curious who washes the aircraft at your flight school (company? Local hangar rats? etc.). Is there a demand for a company to come in and clean your fleet every so often? What is a good rate to charge?

 

[gkrangers]

Flight schools wash airplanes!?!?!?

 

[Lazy8]

We have ramp attendants at our school that wash them. I think it's cheaper for most places to keep it in-house plus there may be liability (insurance) issues with having a third party come in and touch the planes.

The smaller schools/clubs that don't give a darn either have them hosed down a little after 100hrs or have a kid out there doing it for free.(or trading plane washes for flying time)

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[groundpointsix]

Our school does it in house also. We have a couple of local college kids who wash our planes as well as our customers. They aren't on the payroll strictly for washing airplanes, but that's the only time I ever see them.

 

[jaxpilot]

haha, we've got about a one centimeter thick layer of bug guts on the leading edge of all our aircrafts' wings.

 

[epic!]

Curious who washes the aircraft at your flight school (company? Local hangar rats? etc.). Is there a demand for a company to come in and clean your fleet every so often? What is a good rate to charge?

i wash planes for my flight school. but there are a few companies that do offer aviation cleaning services

 

[RipCurl]

At our place, each instructor is the crew chief on one or two aircraft. It's their responsibility to keep the airplane clean, keep a few qts of oil in the back, keep the windshields clean, etc. They also keep track of Mx due times and squawks to back up the Mx software.

 

[SkykingC310]

There is a company in my neck of the woods that specializes in brightwork. They have many of the bizjets in the area on a regular schedule. Not the funnest job in the world, but you get to see some neat planes. Plus, when you're done, the jet is freaking beautiful. A sense of pride I'm sure.

 

[transampilot]

My flight school only washes the plane during the summer after you could swear the bug guts have caused a 10 knot decrease in speed. For side money I clean/wash/wax corporate jets at mdw for ~18k a year. You can charge more and corporate will pay it. Flight schools barely pay the bills as it is, they can't spare the extra change.