Thu Oct 15, 2015 3:42 pm
#1411581
Posting this out of frustration.
I sent a long rant to the GA dept regarding ever increasing unnecessary costs and restrictions at my local GA airport.
The airport has no commercial movements, 99% are training flights by light aircraft.
Along with many restrictions, it has just introduced mandatory air-side passes, AND is charging for them - at which point I had a sense of humour failure.
Unsurprisingly usage of the airport has massively declined over a 15 year period.
I was delighted by the outcome of the recent Plymouth debacle and so asked the GA dept if they thought that what was going on at xyz was good for GA and in keeping with their remit to "encourage a dynamic GA sector"; their reply
"we cannot comment on any commercial activity undertaken by xyz"
So, are they really bothered about encouraging GA? I don't think so.
I sent a long rant to the GA dept regarding ever increasing unnecessary costs and restrictions at my local GA airport.
The airport has no commercial movements, 99% are training flights by light aircraft.
Along with many restrictions, it has just introduced mandatory air-side passes, AND is charging for them - at which point I had a sense of humour failure.
Unsurprisingly usage of the airport has massively declined over a 15 year period.
I was delighted by the outcome of the recent Plymouth debacle and so asked the GA dept if they thought that what was going on at xyz was good for GA and in keeping with their remit to "encourage a dynamic GA sector"; their reply
"we cannot comment on any commercial activity undertaken by xyz"
So, are they really bothered about encouraging GA? I don't think so.