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Have you been to an airport where the people in the tower are consitently rude?



 
 
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Old August 20th 04, 08:21 PM
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Default Have you been to an airport where the people in the tower are consitently rude?

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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