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Old 20th Jul 2008, 22:32
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Say again s l o w l y
 
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That's life!

The answer is simple, vote with your feet and go somewhere where you will be welcomed as a valuable customer. Aberdeen is a commercial airport and not really suited to the needs of pleasure flying.

There are a few airfields around that are much better suited.

And before someone bangs on about why should they have to travel long distances to fly etc, it's like owning a yacht and living in the middle of the country.....you WILL have to travel.

The other choice of course is to move closer to a nice airfield

Oh and lastly I do not live in Aberdeen or work for the airport or Signature.

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So where do you suggest in that area that has a licenced field available for flight training? Or Instrument procedures for IMC ratings etc?

Where else should the members and students go? We aren't talking about the South East of England here.

Greedy airport management and a total lack of understanding of what GA can do for an airport. ABZ isn't exactly the busiest place, so why force off needed revenue?

Oh well, I suppose people will just have to move off to grass strips that while beautiful, tend to be not so great in the middle of a wet Scottish winter.
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