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Old 2nd Jan 2010, 19:33
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robin
 
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While pilots whinge about £10 landing fees, we are going to lose a lot of GA airfields.

We need to accept that if our key airfields are going to survive they need to make a living.

I was at one very GA-friendly airfield that offered free landings in the expectation that arrivals would refuel.

In reality, every arrival presented the free landing voucher but took on no fuel. What is worse they whinged about the regular £9 landing fee.

If we want our airfields to be there for us we need to make it worthwhile for the owners to be there. Otherwise we'll see them tarmaced or built over.
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