Quote:
Doesn't work at a 'flying school' with no such facilities.
I have not yet come across a school that does not have an area that you can sit down and chat with the instructors when the weather is duff, may be a lounge, briefing area, bar, or somewhere else, but it can be done in most schools/clubs if the student and instructor are both willing.
Hmmm. Not the same thing. Having operated from from Barton, and from flying schools at a major airfield, one would go to Barton even on a non-flying day as there was an active aviation-related social scene, a bit like a local pub with hangars and aeroplanes, and populated by aviators. Lots going on and lots of folk to chat to.
The 'big airfield' flying schools did have a lounge area but it was sterile in comparison. A bit like a pre-bookable meeting room at work. As I say, not the same thing.
If one turned up at Barton and couldn't fly, or if one flew and had put the aeroplane away, one would partake in the conversations and camraderie in the clubhouse or the hangars. If one turned up at the 'big airfield' schools and couldn't fly, or had finished flying, one went home as there was no other alternative.