Here we go again

Corky Scott wrote:

Geeze, isn' the FBO in the business of promoting aviation? After all,
isn't that how he makes money?

Some people want to prevent anyone else from making any money off of it. Sounds
like what's going on here.

George Patterson
Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.

Perhaps the AOPA can talk with the City a bit about realistic airport
regulations. And you need to find someone to act as an intermediary
between the two parties....get the FBO cooled down and see what his
viewpoint is. Does it have anything to do with the hangar guys doing
their own maintenance?

"Roger" wrote in message
...

We are finally reaching the point where pilots are congregating around
a couple areas on the field around and in specific hangars, or several
hangars. Up till a couple years ago the place was dead except on week
ends and after work in warm weather. Now we have a lot of activity
most of the day what with the pilots congregating. They've also
restored a couple planes and purchased another.

These are active pilots who fly a lot. The one couple has flown a new
SR-22 nearly 500 hours since last June when they purchased it new.
The guys in the one hangar are flying at least 30 hours a week (maybe
as much as 50 with three small planes (two tail draggers and a 150)
There are a couple instructors in there as well.
After flying they hang around the hangar, have a couple beers and eat
pop corn.

As one of the Airport advisory members told the city, "this is the
kind of activity we should be encouraging".


Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Sounds like he could learn from my old FBO/Primary CFI.
I listened to him gripe a bit about some of the aforementioned things in the
OP.
I asked what he would do about it, to which he replied "Grin & bear it, I'm
not their parent and they spend money here".

Marty