Originally Posted by
Mason32
financing is part of the direct costs of operating the flight.
all of the administration, administrative costs, training, advertising and stuff like that is not part of the figure. If it directly relates to the aircraft, it IS part of that number. At least it used to be. Ask a friendly station manager next time you have the chance.... that number covers a ton of things... just as it also DOESN'T cover a ton of other things... but if you have that number, and have your fee for departure rate, you know more than most.
You're info is incorrect, but believe what you want. BTW, I've been led astray by more then one station manager before.
At any rate you asserted that ALL (see original post) costs are involved with this figure on the release and that simply isn't true. That was what I said in my original post to your statement and it still stands.