Let em look through the window...great sentiments!
Give em nothing its hard the first ramp I copped took two hours!
4 pax, two hours fuel in a PA31.....you work it out! Must have been overweight!!
Anyways the next time, big charter group two aircraft, about to board and this ...... is crawling all over the plane.
No introduction to myself or the passengers. It caused concern to myself the other pilot and the passengers.
Had he come over and said something along the lines "Folks we're from the friendly CASA, conducting a random check, we're sure all is well, but we just want to be sure....."
I simply presented all the info as alluded to above, told the lil fella he was impeding a commercial operation and Id be back at x hours. Handed over my mobile number and said I had to go, unless there was something important stopping me. There was nothing.
They have a job to do so do I..
BUT UNTIL THEY SHOW RESPECT TO WHOM THEY REGULATE, WHY SHOULD WE GIVE THEM THE TIME OF DAY?
I had nothing to hide, complied with the extent that I'm required that's all!
.......Don't give em anything you dont have to. Its always been the case that most people in talking volunteer everything needed for a successful prosecution within 10 minutes.... Get a lawyer, say nothing and refer all matters to the Chief Pilot.
As Homer Simpson said "Keep your darn fool mouth shut and dont make it worse"
And so i advise
