PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Robbed at LSZB Bern-Belp
View Single Post
Old 30th Jul 2011, 19:56
  #29 (permalink)  
IO540
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: EuroGA.org
Posts: 13,787
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
FWIW I have never been ripped off in Switzerland in any way which is worse than getting ripped off by e.g. taxi drivers in Brussels. The place is very expensive, yes.

What I thought was a ripoff was being charged about 40 euros for being N-reg, by a Customs woman at Mitilini LGMT. When I asked her to confirm it, she quickly changed her story and called it something else.

Is this any worse than being charged some £400 by the mandatory handling cartel at most of UK's big airports? The landing fee at Gatwick is about £100 which is a lot for a burger run but not so bad for what would be an H24 facility with Customs etc. The problem is that the airport management has permitted / encouraged the £400 mandatory handling cartel. I think that collusion between airport empire builders and the handling agents is by far the biggest scam in light aviation.
IO540 is offline