If you did not like the way they did things then let them know. If you
liked they way they did some let them know as well.
You can find contact addresses on the web site...
This is a mostly volunteer run event. I was paid nothing for my 12 hours
of work over three days.

Our problem was not with the volunteer tram drivers, who were all wonderful.
This problem was with a City of Lakeland bus driver (they apparently just
added a route to the seaplane base for the event), who most assuredly was
being paid -- and she stuck to her union's "5 hours and mandatory break"
schedule to the detriment of the dozens of people who had been waiting in
line.

Too bad. Oh, well -- there's always next year!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


Low Points of SNF
*******************************
- The Number One low-point of SNF was the seaplane base -- or rather, our
inability to see it. After searching for some time we finally found the
bus loading area to take us to the seaplane base. The OSH "splash-in" is
always a favorite place for the kids, so we were determined to find it
this
year at SNF -- even though they seemingly did their best to make it hard
to
find. After waiting 35 minutes for a bus that runs without a schedule,
the
driver finally pulled up and off-loaded -- only to haughtily announce
that
she had "worked five hours straight and was *required* to take a break"
She
then slammed the door in our faces, and drove away. Shaking our heads in
disbelief, we (and dozens of others) walked away -- and never did get to
the
seaplane base.



- Camp store rip off. Last year the camp store was run by some
non-profit
organization, was well-stocked and fairly priced. This year it was run
by
"Cheech and Chong" (even my kids were joking at how stoned they were!),
and
the shelves were virtually bare. Worse, the only beer they sold was
Budweiser -- for FIFTEEN DOLLARS a 6-pack!


- Gas lines. At OSH, you put a card on your prop, and the gas truck
comes
to fill you up. In Lakeland, the gas trucks don't come to you -- you
must
come to THEM. This, of course, makes for a terrible traffic jam, and is
totally illogical and inefficient. The driver told me it was because
"campers had open fires out there" which made fueling unsafe -- but last
year they told me it was because the ground was too soft.

!



--

Michelle P ATP-ASEL, CP-AMEL, and AMT-A&P

"Elisabeth" a Maule M-7-235B (no two are alike)

Volunteer Pilot, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic

Volunteer Builder, Habitat for Humanity