the only place i know of that charged $100 an hour was daniel webster; is that where you went to school?
on a side note, recently at CHQ a 145 with the mechanical gust lock got to rotation and had no elevator control to lift off the runway. the crew aborted the take off safely (at jfk) and found that the locking mechanisim had sliced through the torque tubes. make sure you guys watch out for that also.