Rant: FBO introduced delays

[rbridges]

The mooney summit in Panama City is a great venue, but I notice that they make you go to the commercial airport to get your rental car.  Not a biggie, they even offer a shuttle.  Weird thing is they will let me leave it at the FBO when I depart.  But, I go to other airports, and enterprise will drop my car off at the FBO, no questions asked.  I suppose it has something to do with airport agreements and regulations and so on.  Just weird to a layperson.

[Bravoman]

21 hours ago, cujet said:

There is a very clear reason Sheltair SAV gets our G550's fuel/ramp business and not Signature SAV. It had everything with how I was treated, the willingness to provide fuel at a great cost and fantastic staff. The relationship has been superb and they go out of their way to avoid introducing a delay. Various other FBO's need some serious remedial training.

 

I don't need a fancy lobby and a babe at the front counter. I need to get through the gate and get going. What actually happens is that I end up waiting to pay my bill and waiting for a busy line guy to escort lowly 'ol me to my antique aeroplane. Thank God I had the presence of mind to ask for fuel 3 days earlier, otherwise I'd be waiting for that too. 

 

It's great that others have had perfect experiences everywhere they go. It could be that our needs are vastly different. I'm not that demanding jerk of a guy, as this is my world. But waiting 30 minutes for fuel at F45, when nothing is going on, and another 10 after fueling up, for the fuel truck driver to get the upload numbers to the front desk is, quite simply, bad behavior. 

 

I use sheltair at PIE when we go there and they are a good FBO. Always Jonny on the spot

[Mcstealth]

On 12/29/2018 at 5:58 AM, M20Doc said:

His thoughts on fees are different now that you guys are picking up the tab.  Like so many politicians, promises made while campaigning are quickly forgotten once elected.  Perhaps if he spent less time tweeting, he’d have more time for doing.

Clarence

Let's agree to dis agree on this statement  also. 

Take political talk somewhere else please. 

Edited January 1, 2019 by Mcstealth

[Mcstealth]

On 12/29/2018 at 7:04 AM, bradp said:

No Clarence the tweeting /keeps/ him from doing and we need that constant distraction to be able survive the next 2 years.  I mean honestly who f*s up foreign relations with Canada.    :-p

We will agree to disagree. Okay? Take political talk somewhere else. Not on this site. 

[Mcstealth]

On 12/29/2018 at 7:31 AM, Antares said:

Don't get it. Was this political? 

 

[Niko182]

9 minutes ago, Mcstealth said:

Uhm. He has kept more campaign promises than the past three previoud administration's. 

 

4 minutes ago, Mcstealth said:

We will agree to disagree. Okay? Take political talk somewhere else. Not on this site. 

I agree with taking the political talk somewhere else, but it isn't really helping responding with your own political opinion.

[Mcstealth]

11 minutes ago, Niko182 said:

 

I agree with taking the political talk somewhere else, but it isn't really helping responding with your own political opinion.

Agree. I edited my post. Thank you. 

[Guest]

46 minutes ago, Mcstealth said:

Let's agree to do agree on this statement  also. 

Take political talk somewhere else please. 

Strange, I thought we were talking about high FBO fees.  I’m merely pointing out that the president doesn’t seem as upset about fees now that he isn’t paying them with his own money. 

Clarence

 

[cujet]

42 minutes ago, M20Doc said:

Strange, I thought we were talking about high FBO fees.  I’m merely pointing out that the president doesn’t seem as upset about fees now that he isn’t paying them with his own money. 

Clarence

 

 I was talking about them wasting my time. It's just insult to injury when they charge too much.