john smith wrote:
I have had to argue with the tower to get a runway into the wind when
there was no other traffic. Sometimes, one has to wonder what those guys
in the tower get paid to do. ;-)

On the other hand, sometimes they go out of their way to be helpful.

Coming back from my last cross-country flight, I was approaching from the
southwest, and the ATIS reported landing on runway 22. When I called in,
the tower said something like "winds 060 as 3, how'd you like a straight
in to 4?" I took them up on their offer, and saved a few minutes getting
back.

.... Alan
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Alan Gerber
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