"noname" <bonanzaman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Aug 29, 8:39 am, "Mike" <nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > It's certainly not rare for FBOs to charge a fee for using their ramp,
> > especially if you are not buying fuel. Typically they are leasing that
> > ramp
> > space from the owner of the air****t, and if that space is limited you
> > can
> > bet they are going to discourage non-customer aircraft from using it.
> > Your
> > instructor should have known that, especially if he's based there.
> >
> > From the air****t diagram, there are several parking areas listed other
> > than
> > the ramp. Why didn't you use one of those? Even with FBOs that don't
> > charge a ramp fee, it's bad form to use their ramp if you're not a
> > customer
> > and there's other space available. The reason is because they are
going
> > to
> > send someone out to park you, chalk your aircraft, put down the red
> > carpet,
> > and/or put cones around your aircraft because they assume you are a
> > customer.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> I understand about ramp fees and why they are used. There was no
> information anywhere about charging the ramp fee.
> When told there was a ramp fee, they gave me no option to move the
> airplane and go. I didn't ask to be parked.
>
> I was picking up the instructor.
The situation you describe is not unique. I've seen other FBOs that do
it.
I don't like it any better than you do and I think it's CS, but I
understand
why they do it. Most air****ts are great to deal with and never charge any
fees, but you can't expect those courtesies everywhere.
FBO's like that don't really care if you are asking for the parking
service
or not. They assume a certain amount of liability for your aircraft and
othe others that are on the ramp. That's why they do it.
There are air****ts that don't advertize a landing fee in the A/FD (or
anywhere else) also, but if you land there, they will hand you a bill.
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