what annoys me today...

[scott moore]

This one is just funny:

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/13_2a/briefs/Stealing_From_Peter_To_Pay_Paul_194158-1.html

Why is it funny? Because Tracy is, or was, the only airport I know that
LOCKS and SHUTS DOWN their card activated fueling at night, making them
practically useless for a fuel stop waypoint.

Scott Moore

[JD]

On Jan 10, 12:01 pm, scott moore > wrote:
> This one is just funny:
>
> http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/13_2a/briefs/Stealing_From_Peter_To_P...
>
> Why is it funny? Because Tracy is, or was, the only airport I know that
> LOCKS and SHUTS DOWN their card activated fueling at night, making them
> practically useless for a fuel stop waypoint.
>
> Scott Moore

Maybe they'll take some of that money and hire a night guard to keep
anyone from stealing their card reader.

[Robert M. Gary]

scott moore wrote:
> This one is just funny:
>
> http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/13_2a/briefs/Stealing_From_Peter_To_Pay_Paul_194158-1.html
>
> Why is it funny? Because Tracy is, or was, the only airport I know that
> LOCKS and SHUTS DOWN their card activated fueling at night, making them
> practically useless for a fuel stop waypoint.

I stopped overnight at Oceanside airport near LA once in the early AM
only to find the fuel pump didn't work. I had planned to overnight
there because of the low fuel price. Since I was heading down into
Mexico (straight to Loreto) I needed a full 7 hours on board and ended
up having to go next door and paying just over double for the gas. When
I called the airport manager the next week he just said "oh, it rained
that night, the fuel pump always shuts off when it rains". What planet
are we on?

-Robert

[Everett M. Greene[_2_]]

"Robert M. Gary" > writes:
> scott moore wrote:
> > This one is just funny:
> >
> > http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/13_2a/briefs/Stealing_From_Peter_To_Pay_Paul_194158-1.html
> >
> > Why is it funny? Because Tracy is, or was, the only airport I know that
> > LOCKS and SHUTS DOWN their card activated fueling at night, making them
> > practically useless for a fuel stop waypoint.
>
> I stopped overnight at Oceanside airport near LA once in the early AM
> only to find the fuel pump didn't work. I had planned to overnight
> there because of the low fuel price. Since I was heading down into
> Mexico (straight to Loreto) I needed a full 7 hours on board and ended
> up having to go next door and paying just over double for the gas. When
> I called the airport manager the next week he just said "oh, it rained
> that night, the fuel pump always shuts off when it rains". What planet
> are we on?

In southern California, it's quite common to have failures
and malfunctions when the annual rain arrives. It's also
common to live with the failure/malfunction rather than go
to the trouble/expense of finding and correcting the
problem.