Originally Posted by
withthatsaid182
i remember back at this airport i used to instruct and pump gas at we used to have airnet come in with barons and caravans...there was this awesome van driver that use to turn on to the ramp and cut the engine and roll to a stop...sometimes he'd come in shirtless too...there was a resturant on the field right near the ramp too...for some reason none of those things bothered people...i loved it tho! however some goon in the bar called the feds because one day his wing tip was "too close" to the building...so airnet apparently like changed their opspecs or something at this airport and they had to park xxx number of feet from the building...he was sooo fired up it was great...from then on he started parking in the middle of the ramp it was great!
last night on my way home from work on a dash8 this girl was goin bannana's bc the left engine was started...she was british and used these crazy phrases... that was great as well...
Back a couple of years ago I used to instruct as well as pump gas at this small airport in CT. Airnet stopped in nightly with their Caravans and Navajos. One of there Caravan pilots was known to pull onto the ramp and cut the engine in the turn and roll to a stop. In the summer he was also known to fly shirtless. Right next to the FBO's ramp was a resturant/bar that housed plenty of arm chair quarterbacks. One of the resturant customers actually called the local FSDO because they felt that the Caravan was parking too close to the building. Eventually Airnet included in their "OpSpecs" that the pilots must park "xxx" number of feet from the building. The pilot was so fired up because of the whole thing that he started parking smack dab in the middle of the ramp. It was pretty amusing to watch all the theatrics.
Last night I was commuting home on a Dash 8. One of the passengers across from me was going nuts because we were taxiing out on one engine. That was a sight to see as well.
Sorry I've been so busy lowering the standards in the regional airline industry, it has actually crossed over and I'm bringing down the standards of APC.
