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Thrown out of an FBO...
Send the FBO a card with a message saying that sometimes things dont
work out the way they were intended and sorry to offend and no offense taken. If the guy wont be ok with that, then there isnt anything else you can do. |
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"JH" == Jay Honeck writes:
JH He laughed and said that he "Had to fill the tank more often JH than that!", to which I laughingly replied "Yeah, the only JH time the tanks don't get filled at our place is when hotel JH owners use our van -- those guys are the cheapest SOBs JH around!" I changed two words in the "quote" above. How does it feel? Others have already said it better than I. I'll just add that it sounds like the guy is both a charter pilot and runs a business of charter pilots, and you accidently insulted his entire professional life. What to you was an overreaction to him might have been considerable restraint. -- A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues. Theodore Roosevelt |
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"Bob Fry" wrote in message
... Others have already said it better than I. I'll just add that it sounds like the guy is both a charter pilot and runs a business of charter pilots, and you accidently insulted his entire professional life. What to you was an overreaction to him might have been considerable restraint. I wonder if he turned down a charter because he had a 'customer' who had called ahead to make sure there was a courtesy car available? Did the 'customer' buy anything, or was he just 'borrowing the car'? |
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Bob Fry wrote:
I changed two words in the "quote" above. How does it feel? Others have already said it better than I. I'll just add that it sounds like the guy is both a charter pilot and runs a business of charter pilots, and you accidently insulted his entire professional life. What to you was an overreaction to him might have been considerable restraint. How politically correct of you to say so. -- Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
We'll never know -- and we'll never be back. It's a shame -- with all the problems facing GA, small-town airports simply can't afford to have FBOs driving off what little business they have (we were the only plane there) -- but for us there are literally hundreds of other airports to visit, so it won't matter much. Exactly what "business" did he drive off? Did you buy any avgas? -- Gene Seibel Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html Because we fly, we envy no one. |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com... True, my comments were inappropriate given his position, and I regret them. However, aside from the obvious fact that you never, EVER speak with a customer the way he did, it is common knowledge that (a) most charter pilots NEVER fill the courtesy car, and (b) we all know they don't make diddly squat for salary -- which is why those of us who provide courtesy cars turn the other cheek and continue to let them borrow our cars. You can call it a "stereotype" if you wish. I call it "experience." Yeah, I didn't think you'd actually get the point. Last clue: "common knowledge" often has no bearing whatsoever on the truth, and in your case is being used simply as an excuse to stereotype. Even if in your experience, things are as you state (and frankly, even knowing who is and who is not a charter pilot is not always easy to tell, and as far as salaries go, unless you're asking everyone for financials as they come through, you have NO way to know that), that does not justify painting all charter pilots with the same brush. I admit that the question of charter pilot behavior is not so socially important as the question of race relations, but your way of thinking about the former is exactly the same sort of thinking that causes problems in the latter. The consequences of your prejudiced thinking may not be as serious, but it's exactly the same mindset. It's not appropriate in any context. Pete |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... Decades ago, in my younger days (okay, waaaay younger), I was asked to leave a drinking establishment or two, and I've had a few women show me the door, over time...but I never thought I'd ever be asked to leave an FBO. To our amazement, it happened to Mary and me today. Well, he was just a crude redneck, you're lucky he didn't carry! You were sarcastic, crass, and just like flying IFR, don't have a clue about "charter pilots." Karl Ex chief pilot Part 135, 16 years. And yes, we always bought fuel for the crew car. We also bought 550,000 gallons of jet fuel just on the road. We also ALWAYS bought jet fuel at every stop whether we needed it or not (courtesy fuel) |
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On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 23:12:29 -0500, "Peter R." wrote in : Offer your sincerest apology for what you hopefully realize was a thoughtless and crass remark But it was true. |
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Thrown out of an FBO...
Jay Honeck wrote: "in his small town," Well then you were thrown out of more than an FBO. I think you can brag about it now. : ) (Ha, I just had a funny thought. FBO could stand for something else. Remember Austin Powers Scottish nemisis..... F B's Operation.) |
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Jay Honeck writes:
Our day ruined, it was a quiet flight home, as we pondered what could make a guy snap like that over such inconsequential banter. The only thing we could think of us was that he was having a very, very bad day -- perhaps something had gone wrong with one of his charter pilots, or a charter job had fallen through? -- and our jokes tipped him over the edge. Your comments may have been too close to reality; or similar rumors might have had a direct and negative effect on his business or reputation in the past (in contexts where it was not clear that they were jokes or mere rumors). Still, it seems like an extreme reaction. Often people who react in this way to one thing will react in the same way to many others; it's more of a personality characteristic than a unique behavior linked to a specific, one-of-a-kind trigger. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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