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Old 15th Dec 2013, 13:17
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FerrypilotDK
 
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Update

Well folks, now that we have landed there, here is an update. The tower people are not the cleverest people, I might say. We landed and were just about to exit the runway and taxi to the ramp, when they gave push-back to an Airbus, which then blocked the taxiway to the ramp. So we had to sit there while they got themselves started. It ould be a "big airplane nneds to keep schedule, small airplane can wait" situation in the tower mind, but there were two waiting for departure anyway, so it wasn`t like Airbus was going anywhere soon.

The coordination between the tower and the handling was not the best, as we were instructed to taxi ´round the back to GA parking. On the handling freq, we knew that the fuel truck was standing by for a quick turn on the ramp to our left. The two had not spoken it seems.

The service from the ground then was really quite good, except that the passengers were not permitted to remain on board during refueling. As it turned out, this was a bit of a ruse, to get them away from the cabin, so that they could do a "security check" of the interior, including a drug/bomb dog. They probably know from previous that the pax do not want a dog inside.

Anyway, on the bright side, the fuel was inexpensive and we took off 30 minutes after landing, so the service all in all was good, inexpensive and fast, even with the initial misunderstandings and delays.
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