"noname" <bonanzaman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:2e4604d9-1f96-43ea-a50f-50cbe3dc6ed6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>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?
Yes, it is legal. When you land at an air****t, you are essentially
patronizing a business and the responsibility is with you to investigate
such things beforehand.
> I think that it is entrampment by having the ramp blocked and the ramp
> rat guide me to parking.
In this case, their fees were clearly posted in the official publication
and
the fee advertized was a landing fee, not a ramp fee. So you incurred
that
cost as soon as your wheels hit the runway, not when you taxied to the
ramp.
It may also be the air****t, and not the FBO who is charging the fee. The
FBO may just be the collection point.
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