Brampton Flying club funnies

I got a phone call today from a collection agency - for the first time
in my life. The gentleman said I owed the Brampton, Ontario flying
club CAN $16.00 and how would I like to settle that. I rented from
them several times in 2003 when I visited a cousin who lives in
Toronto. At first, I was terrified at the thought that I somehow never
paid for these flights. Then the amount sank in - sixteen dollars, not
a hundred and sixty, not sixteen hundred, and Canadian dollars at
that. Terror gave way to surprise at why the club didn't contact me
directly. I called the club and asked what was the deal. When I tried
to phonetically spell my last name, their accountant asked if I could
use "letters" because she did not understand "that pilot thing". She
said the charge was a landing fee at CYOW which I thought I'd paid for
(I also bought fuel there), but I didn't have receipts from 2 years
ago and didn't want to argue over such a ridiculous sum, so I just
paid.

This story has left me utterly bewildered. Naturally, an FBO should
not pay renter pilots' landing fees. There is no disagreement
there. But how Brampton chose to go about collecting this fee
was... erm... surprising.


Ari.

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