I hired a C172 from my local flying school today and was peeved to discover that the intercom did not work. I would have been more willing to forgive it if I hadn't gone on a checkride last week, where the intercom didn't work, and the instructor shrugged and said "sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't". Am I alone in thinking that this is a pretty poor attitude to have? After that checkride I asked if they could get someone to have a look at it, and they said they would. So when I switched the radio on today, I was less than happy. You can fly without an intercom though. Having no radio is a more serious problem, so cue radio silence as soon as I got up into the circuit! It turned out it was only one of the boxes, which was a blessing. I also noted that one of the lights I listed as not-working was still not working. Is this standard or does this show a complete lack of attention to the club aircraft?
I don't think I will fly there again, not specifically based on today, but based on a culmination of events that lead me to believe that the club is disorganised and unprofessional. Take the A/G radio guy in the tower, who, when asked for some circuit traffic information (due to poor vis in rain) replied "There's two". !! I don't give a
how many there are, where are they!!
One apparently was doing a fanstop, but turned out to be turning downwind about 5 miles away from the airfield.
Morons.
Rant over.
The usually cheerful Ginge
