The 17 airfields listed below refused to help with the iniative:
I see our name mentioned in this list, and correctly so. Although perhaps 'refused to help' is a bit out of place.
We have been handing out free landings, parking etc etc to worthy cases long before this intiative was ever conceived. We reserve the right to make up our own mind as to who may benefit from these.
Many pilots who would not normally have met the suggested requirements of the Strasser scheme have been met with a sympathetic view by us. Even those who are just having a tough day of it, like the person who could not get his transponder to work for a flight where it was mandatory equipment despite repeated visits to the workshop and repeated take offs only to find it failed again, and again.
I do however take a dim view of anyone who stomps into my flight ops department, upsetting my staff by thinking they have some sort of automatic right to a free landing. (and believe me there are plenty of them out there)
Regards
Biggin Hill