Hi again, coolbeans,

This just lifted from the Biggin Hill website :

The airport reserves the right to charge any aircraft less than 1700kg. for using navaids unless the recorded visibility is less than 7km and the cloud base is less than 1000ft. QFE

Quoted £83 to land a C152 at Cardiff, won't be going there again!

I stand corrected

biggin hil
 

Is that not where graham hill died damons dad on a foggy night

Nope.

Golf course on finals to Elstree.

Although I don't pay for the fees personally, we have the same problems in the corporate world. Not only do we have to pay excessive landing, parking, towing and handlings fees, but we also have to put up with charges that would make Dick Turpin blush!

I recently complained about excessive charging at one particular European airport that we visit regularly. In this particular destination we do have a choice - the alternative is 30 ks away for the pax, but the charges are FAR less (in our case 800 Euros.less).

I mentioned this to a couple of other operators who use the same airport/handling agent, and suggested that we complain in bulk. Hey presto - charges for us were reduced by FIFTY percent!

Jump on the bandwaggon guys - if they don't want to play fair - dessert them, but get your mates to do it with you. At the moment they need you more than you need them, so make hay while the sun is shining.

I wonder if the mods would allow a sticky for people to list landing and approach fees - ?

HFD

IME Biggin trainees who want to shoot ILS approaches fly over to Southend and do them there.

Hi Silverelise,

Oh yes, I already do -but when I am returning to the a/c's base at Biggin in marginal weather I would rather have the option of making an ILS approach without getting robbed for it.
Which takes me back to my earlier point about a potential safety/price conflict at Biggin.

I did hundred of ILS and thousand landing in USA, paid 0$

in europe, each time I push the door of the aeroclub, I start to pay.

result: F...off europe. I dont fly in EU anymore since years!.

cost me much less to got to USA, rent a plane a fly there, than trying to do anything here.

they lost a customer? I bet they do, and I don't give a s...t!

they won? YES, they won, and I keep my Money!

Southampton's got a bit more interesting in the last few months. When I had my first job there a couple of years ago there seemed to be no SEP aircraft around and they had kicked out the flying schools.

In my new job there, I walk down to the terminal once a day to get a bit of fresh air and I'd say once a week or so I notice 1 or 2 SEPs parked up. So I'm wondering if they're changing their attitude a bit towards the little guys because the recession's biting.

Rip off
 

Slightly off the point but but I needed a new mic sock for my Bose X headset. Guess how much from Transair, £11.95 PLUS £4.95 shipping what a complete joke. I ordered one from Bose in the USA as I have family there, guess how much? $6 with free shipping, how can this be possible?

Anyway back on point, I work in Spain, the landing fees for light aircraft are cheap, the most I have paid is 12€ upto 2 tons and instrument approaches are free. Over 2 tons they are a little more and an approach is about 6€ not sure what the next band is as I don't fly anything bigger. Also aircraft parking for a light twin cost me 2€ for 24 hours, BRILLIANT!