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Old 25th Jul 2017, 21:32
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Lead Balloon
 
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Originally Posted by Desert Flower
Air BP's rules were no sticker beside cap (either type) no fuel. Or fill in a fuel order form.
I can still clearly remember one pilot who despite the fact that I was standing behind the Avgas bowser, grabbed the Jet A1 hose & started towards his piston engine aircraft. Normally I used to have the Jet A1 pump locked, as well as the hose reel chained. This particular morning had been very busy, & while the bowser was locked the hose reel wasn't chained. I waited until he'd taken about a dozen steps then said to him "Sir, that is the JetA1 hose - not the Avgas one". I swear I have never seen anyone turn white as quick as he did!

DF.
Which is precisely why I want confirmation of what fuel was actually found at the crash site. Plenty of ERSA entries are inaccurate, and I'm just going off the Mount Gambier ERSA entry. And tanker drivers/refuellers some times have a bad day.
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