non-towered airport question

My personal nightmare scenario is an airport with left
traffic for one runway, right traffic for another. The
wind is calm or almost directly across, or else one pilot
decides to land or takeoff downwind for personal reasons..

Yipers!
Sydney

Happens here (00V) a lot. Glider activity to the west so 15 has left
traffic and 33 right traffic. Not to mention all sorts of different
approaches, different or no radio callout and this airport is
potentially dangerous.

Ron Lee

My worst complaint is the pilot (not from the area) who insists on doing
a left pattern when the AF/D and the sectionals all explicitly state
right pattern. Why? Because FTG is cozy in the SE corner of DEN's
class B. A mile west or a mile north, and you're violating the
Class B surfact airspace.

And when the pilot is reminded about the right traffic, he (why is
it *always* a man?) responds "not in my book!"

We get one of these every month or so.

Blanche wrote in message ...
My worst complaint is the pilot (not from the area) who insists on doing
a left pattern when the AF/D and the sectionals all explicitly state
right pattern. Why? Because FTG is cozy in the SE corner of DEN's
class B. A mile west or a mile north, and you're violating the
Class B surfact airspace.

Similar situation at our home airport. Left traffic for two of the
runways snugs you up very close to Class B.

And when the pilot is reminded about the right traffic, he (why is
it *always* a man?) responds "not in my book!"

*hee* *hee*

Is there a directional indicator around the windsock? I'd have
trouble not responding "see those little yellow thingies circling
the windsock down there?"

Yeah, and then there's published TPA of 800 ft but all the planes
who insist on flying at 1000.

Cheers,
Sydney

(Snowbird) wrote:

And when the pilot is reminded about the right traffic, he (why is
it *always* a man?) responds "not in my book!"

*hee* *hee*

Cheers,
Sydney

I cannot accept that guys are doing this. It is well known that women
have a genetic disposition to mixing "left" and "right".

Ok folks, lighten up. Women are wonderful.

Ron "I live in Pakistan" Lee

(Ron Lee) wrote in message ...
(Snowbird) wrote:

And when the pilot is reminded about the right traffic, he (why is
it *always* a man?) responds "not in my book!"

I cannot accept that guys are doing this. It is well known that women
have a genetic disposition to mixing "left" and "right".

Actually, Ron, I *have* a genetic disposition to mixing up
"left" and "right", not because I'm a girl but because I'm
a southpaw and I've been reversing directions given for the
right hand all my life.

But what Blanche and I were chuckling over wasn't the
confusion between "right" and "left" but the unwillingness
to accept a friendly, polite correction.

Whether that's really a male pilot trait I leave to each person's
experience

Cheers,
Sydney

On 15 Jan 2004 08:32:19 -0800, (Snowbird)
wrote:

(Ron Lee) wrote in message ...
(Snowbird) wrote:

And when the pilot is reminded about the right traffic, he (why is
it *always* a man?) responds "not in my book!"

I cannot accept that guys are doing this. It is well known that women
have a genetic disposition to mixing "left" and "right".

Actually, Ron, I *have* a genetic disposition to mixing up
"left" and "right", not because I'm a girl but because I'm
a southpaw and I've been reversing directions given for the
right hand all my life.

But what Blanche and I were chuckling over wasn't the
confusion between "right" and "left" but the unwillingness
to accept a friendly, polite correction.

Whether that's really a male pilot trait I leave to each person's
experience

Sydney, When have you *ever* seen one of us stop to ask directions?

It is either genetic, or testosterone poisoning.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member and guilty as charged)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Cheers,
Sydney