Public Airports

[jpusser]

I am tired of airport managers and board members thinking they own the airport or are the airport police.  Most airports are public airports paid for by our tax dollars. For example the other day an airport manager got on an instructor for not yelling clear loud enough.  First of all there is no reg saying you have to yell clear, much less on a specific volume.  There is a board member who does what ever the heck he wants but you miss a radio call and he starts putting you down on the radio.  Last I checked a comm radio is not even required equipment for flying in uncontrolled airspace.  If you are acting this way or know of others who are it is time to stop.  We have enough crap to worry about.

[sleepingsquirrel]

I understand your problem . I'm trying to mend my 20 year absence from our local airport for this very behavior. I'm doing it by placing two planes ,and flying the dog out of both of them. I'm tentatively measuring my flying pleasure vs my flying angst from unnecessary harrassment from some self appointed airport police. Things seemed to have changed at my location and it ultimately will be good for business when more people like me come back. I thought this was a localized event but now I'm sensing something more sinister. Almost like the self appointed elite are using public funds for their personal flying pleasure. Let's run off the unwashed , the unclean, by using fees and harrassment. Kinda like an exclusive private flying club at the publics expense.

Why would you want to run off an instructor, a gateway person for many (if not everyone ) to aviation? Instruction ,rentals ,fuel sales,maintenance. Our whole aviation community has been pulled apart. I had other avenues to fly , but I found it was the aviation community I missed. We didn't go away we just went somewhere else. I'm sensing that we may be coming back! 

"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore". Network

 

[Cruiser]

there was a thread on the AOPA board about rude pilots not long ago. Some people are just like that, not everyone can be friendly all the time but some cannot be friendly at all.

[sleepingsquirrel]

Yes , that is true, but being unfriendly for twenty years and to many others as I'm finding out wasn't personal, but consistent. Could you please post a link to the "rude pilot" article , I don't want to be that person.

Never mind ,I couldn't be that person after reviewing a few of the many threads about bad behavior.

[AustinChurch]

Just remember, Squirrel, if you are going to be "that" rude pilot on the radio, use someone else's N number! 

[sleepingsquirrel]

Roger! Could I just make up some stuff and use the "rude pilots " N number?

[Cruiser]

Quote: sleepingsquirrel

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 Could you please post a link to the "rude pilot" article , I don't want to be that person.

[sleepingsquirrel]

Thanks, I joined yesterday , stuck at home, snow & ice.

Weeell, thank you, I was only over there (AOPA)  for 5 minutes and turned up plumb scared. I'm thinking I should never fly unarmed again. Where did some of these people come from! Maybe I'm too old to fly, not arrogant enough to fly, I certianly lack enough conceit to be a GOOD pilot. Maybe flight physicals should include castration from now on. Too much "T" in the atmosphere.

I'm really sad that this is happening.

[AustinChurch]

Quote: sleepingsquirrel

Roger! Could I just make up some stuff and use the "rude pilots " N number?