On Aug 11, 4:16*pm, C Gattman wrote:

Instructors, FBOs: Teach this stuff. Safety and etiquette. If you see
random people showing up, remember that feeling you get when you see
your favorite airplane at your local airport. An off-duty instructor
saying "Here, I'll walk you around and see how close we can get" is a
great opportunity to promote GA and fuel interest in flying. It's an
opportunity for you to teach safety, by example, to aviation
enthusiasts, reporters, etc.

Great post Chris,

I also think training fails miserably when it comes to airport
ettiquette. Case in point would be runup. Where exactly should be
run up be done at some airports that don't have runup pads. End of
the taxiway, empty area of the ramp.

Rhetorical questions as common sense says do it at the hold short
line, but there are some airports that don't have taxiways, you taxi
onto the ramp and "back taxi" for departure.

Lots of this is common sense, but I have actually seen pilots do a
runup "into the wind" and send the prop blast back to areas that prop
blast doesn't belong.