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Just curious... As I frequently fly up to the Santa Monica airport
from San Diego for dinner (it is a nice, scenic flight for people) I have found that there is one guy who works the tower there that is consitently rude. SMO has some unique procedures that stress noise abatement, and I am very familiar with them. I usually get an IFR clearance out of there just to keep it simple. I am frustrated to say that the tower guy has consistently been rude almost every time I have been there, not just to me, but fairly consistently to all of the smaller GA aircraft. Typically, if he is in a bad mood, you can expect a substantial delay in getting cleared to take off, either VFR or IFR, which really adds up for GA pilots who rent. I understand that radio communications (or lack thereof) are not the best barometer of workload, but I usually go up there on weekday evenings, when traffic is light. I am just curious if anyone else has had a similar experience there, or if I am being hypersensitive. I don't really want to call the FSDO if I am out of line, but it happens often enough to me and other people who fly out of my FBO that it is getting old. |
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