Re: Ramp Fees

noname wrote:
> I landed at Bridge****t air****t in Connecticut to pick up a friend and
> ended up at Atlantic Aviation Services. I was trying to get on the
> other side of the tarmac to where my friends plane was parked but it
> was blocked. The FBO guy waved me in to park and with nowhere else to
> go I parked. Before I got off the wing of my plane, I was told to pay
> ramp fees of $20.
> I told him I was going to leave and he insisted that I go inside and
> pay or I would get billed via N number. I went in and complained and
> they insisted again.
> 
> I paid and commented on their policy which left them surprised.
> 
> Is this legal to not have the ramp fees posted and demand payment even
> though I offered to leave their ramp immediately?
> 
> I think that it is entrampment by having the ramp blocked and the ramp
> rat guide me to parking.
> 
> Dave

If someone in management wasn't available to discuss the issue with I 
would have told them to bill me and taken it up with management at a 
later date.