AdamZ
Touchdown! Greaser!
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- Feb 24, 2005
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Adam Zucker
Just found out that my FBO ditched their courtsey car? Why? Well lack of courtesey of course. Seems the FBO owner was putting in $50 worth of gas in the old Gold Oldsmobile every week or two. It was a rare day that anyone who borrowed the car ever put any gas in it.
I mean whats this about? I never used a courtsey car without pumping at least a few gallons into the tank. In the event it was a real rural FBO and no gas station around I'd throw some cash on the counter at line service. I thought Pilots were a breed apart. I guess were just like everyone else.
Then I find out that the line guys now offer to drive folks to local watering holes for a bit to eat as the cabs here in the burbs take forever to get here. The line guy tells me that it is rare that anyone even offers them a few bucks, especially the corp pilots on expense accounts. These line guys are using their OWN car to do this. They tell me the older and more beat up the plane the more likely the pilot is to offer them something. Today a guy ( pax not a pilot) walks of a sikorski helicopter and asks when the cab will be here. The line guy called them when they requested on Unicom. Line guy says 20-40 minutes. They wait and no cab. Guy calls cab co and asks where cab is they tell him 30 more minutes. He freaks on the line guy tells him its his fault and he has to drive the guy to his destination. I mean what the hell is it with people? ( Line guy said no of course)
I mean whats this about? I never used a courtsey car without pumping at least a few gallons into the tank. In the event it was a real rural FBO and no gas station around I'd throw some cash on the counter at line service. I thought Pilots were a breed apart. I guess were just like everyone else.
Then I find out that the line guys now offer to drive folks to local watering holes for a bit to eat as the cabs here in the burbs take forever to get here. The line guy tells me that it is rare that anyone even offers them a few bucks, especially the corp pilots on expense accounts. These line guys are using their OWN car to do this. They tell me the older and more beat up the plane the more likely the pilot is to offer them something. Today a guy ( pax not a pilot) walks of a sikorski helicopter and asks when the cab will be here. The line guy called them when they requested on Unicom. Line guy says 20-40 minutes. They wait and no cab. Guy calls cab co and asks where cab is they tell him 30 more minutes. He freaks on the line guy tells him its his fault and he has to drive the guy to his destination. I mean what the hell is it with people? ( Line guy said no of course)