matspart3 wrote:..
Ironically, we once had a DfT (now CAA) security inspection during race week, .. the dodgy charter pax used the side gate because they’re not subject to security screening.
as a based pilot, I tended to avoid local flying during race weeks, even before the airport (reasonably, in my view) put some restrictions on it, eg on circuit flying. But the side gate pass was very handy for avoiding the crush in the Terminal area, which nevertheless always seemed to be managed with efficient good humour by MP3's Lovely People (TM ?
) .. I hung up my headset at about the time the airport management changed, but that was coincidence
But in ~50y private flying I always let my passengers, especially first time ones, know that I neither expected nor accepted any contributions. Some regular ones were known to buy me (us) the odd cuppa at destination or even pay the landing fee, which it would have been churlish to refuse
(mere guide at) Jet Age Museum, Gloucestershire Airport
http://www.jetagemuseum.org/TripAdvisor Excellence Award 2015
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