Originally Posted by
140KIAS
In fact why dont they operate unlicenced other than the short periods when the Islander is operating. That could save them a fortune.[/LEFT]
What? Heresy! - I mean, that fire engine won't polish itself, you know....and the consequences of someone breaking a fingernail polishing a fire engine at an
unlicenced airfield simply don't bear thinking about.
Events on Sunday afternoon provided a deep insight into what's wrong at Oban.
The merest whiff of an opportunity to close down based on the fanciful notion that volcanic ash could have the slightest impact on anything operating out of there was grasped with both hands, relishing the opportunity to exercise bureaucratic power.
£35 a head out-of-hours extortion duly collected, and from then on the place proceeded to run far more smoothly without the presence of the operating authorities - tea and jammy dodgers were consumed in vast quantities, and we managed to get 6 fixed-wing plus 1 rotary airborne in 10% of the time it would have taken had the tower been in action.
Whilst we're on the subject of the tower, who
was the Jim Henson creation in there on Saturday afternoon? - when asked to clarify the location of H1 from 2 miles out, the reply was "In front of you". Brilliant.
Outstandingly useless.
35 quid and you'll take the afternoon off? - tell you what, here's £70 - take the whole day off. Please.