survey

[Steve Gordon]

Good suggestions, everybody.  I just want to make one comment about high vs. low wing.  Going back a few days, Bob Irving suggested that we go with a high wing as our first aircraft.  If membership grows and we want to purchase a 2nd aircraft, then we can shop for a low wing.

 

“With respect to low/high wing - I think we need to stick with high wing as that's what EE students learn on and what the majority of us are flying now.  Maybe the second plane could be low wing.  Just my opinion.” – Bob I.

 

I agree with Bob’s opinion – a high wing may give us a slightly better shot at more members now and in the future as new pilots come through Eagle East looking for “what’s next?”

 

-Steve

 

From: williammccann at comcast.net [mailto:williammccann at comcast.net] 
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:01 AM
To: James Carlson
Cc: eefc-core at workingcode.com; Steve Gordon
Subject: Re: survey

 

Steve , 

 

Nice work on the survey!!! What are the results of the data collected from the survey from the seven members?

We are giving three options of three high wing aircraft. Why not substitue a low wing for the 9000hr C172 and see if anybody is interested.

 

Bill 

 


----- Original Message -----
From: "James Carlson" <carlsonj at workingcode.com>
To: "Steve Gordon" <steve at media-phile.com>
Cc: eefc-core at workingcode.com
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:39:24 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: RE: survey

Steve Gordon writes:
> My idea for the survey was that for each price bracket, we would gauge how
> many members our club can expect, and therefore how much the one-time and
> monthly dues will be.  For example, if only the seven of us are interested
> in a Cardinal, then we'd know that we'll each have to contribute about
> $1,500 down and then about $200/month thereafter (assuming we'd want to keep
> such a beautiful plane in a hangar).  If, however, we find a total of 15
> interested members, we can cut those numbers in half making the Cardinal a
> more affordable prospect.

That's exactly what I was hoping for.  We need to have a gauge on how
many are interested, and there are multiple variables.  It's not just
"are you interested?" but "given a certain airplane and a certain set
of costs, would you be interested?"

In other words, we can't just ask "how interested are you?"  I don't
think that answers the question we have, and it's a little too vague
for prospective members ... they could all say "definitely" and then
find out that the gang of six wants to splurge on a P210 because we
like flying higher.  They'd drop out quickly, and the club wouldn't
work.  (Unless I've got money I don't know about.  ;-})

For some, the acute choice comes down to the cost, and little else
matters.  For some, it's the airplane.  For others, it's a
combination.

I don't think we're asking people to choose a particular single plane
right now, just something in the right neighborhood.  Once we know
what ballpark we're in, and roughly how many players we can expect, we
can start the _real_ shopping.

-- 
James Carlson         42.703N 71.076W         <carlsonj at workingcode.com>
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