Steve
En-Route
Tony's thread on his tribulations experienced with getting ramp access after hours got me thinking about what would be the "ideal" setup for a small airport with no "scheduled" service, but with a limited amount pt. 135 activity which would minimize the inconvenience for transient and locally based pilots, but would effectively secure the aircraft movement and storage areas from unauthorized persons.
I'm asking for your opinion as we are working towards improving the security at my local airport (M11). We want locals (non-pilots) to feel welcome and have the ability to "look through the fence" but not wander the airport unchecked. We hope to install a new perimeter fence and with that will come new access controls. I've seen a range of methods implemented at various airports, but I'd like to get a consensus from the active pilots here on the board.
If you had a clean sheet to work from, what would you prefer, both as a "based" pilot and a "visiting" pilot when it comes to getting in and out of an airport after hours or when no one else is around to let you in/out and still have confidence that your plane would not be accessible to unauthorized persons while you were gone?
Thanks in advance for your input.
I'm asking for your opinion as we are working towards improving the security at my local airport (M11). We want locals (non-pilots) to feel welcome and have the ability to "look through the fence" but not wander the airport unchecked. We hope to install a new perimeter fence and with that will come new access controls. I've seen a range of methods implemented at various airports, but I'd like to get a consensus from the active pilots here on the board.
If you had a clean sheet to work from, what would you prefer, both as a "based" pilot and a "visiting" pilot when it comes to getting in and out of an airport after hours or when no one else is around to let you in/out and still have confidence that your plane would not be accessible to unauthorized persons while you were gone?
Thanks in advance for your input.